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Helen Brooks

@hellsbells.bsky.social
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Comedy writer: Naked Week and The Skewer BBC Radio 4, Breaking the News BBC iplayer, Noising Up BBC Radio Scotland

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Helen Brooks @hellsbells.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Autumn equinox (ish) sunrise
A beautiful sky in shade of dusky blue, with a blanket of pink and purple clouds and yellow sunlight on the horizon
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Helen Brooks @hellsbells.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Autumn equinox (ish) sunrise
A beautiful sky in shade of dusky blue, with a blanket of pink and purple clouds and yellow sunlight on the horizon
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Helen Brooks @hellsbells.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Sounds cool! Let Sara know!
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Helen Brooks @hellsbells.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Bizarre things that happened in your assembly: our headteacher was a very strait laced school marm. EXCEPT for when Freddie Mercury died. She called a special assembly, played his music, explained what AIDS and HIV was, even cried. I was 6 and had never heard of FM or Queen. What a woman
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Helen Brooks @hellsbells.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Bizarre things that happened in your assembly: our headteacher was a very strait laced school marm. EXCEPT for when Freddie Mercury died. She called a special assembly, played his music, explained what AIDS and HIV was, even cried. I was 6 and had never heard of FM or Queen. What a woman
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Helen Brooks @hellsbells.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Pervy little duolingo owl says I have an epic chest
A message from duolingo saying 'you got an epic chest!'
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Helen Brooks @hellsbells.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Pervy little duolingo owl says I have an epic chest
A message from duolingo saying 'you got an epic chest!'
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Helen Brooks @hellsbells.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Me when Chop Suey comes on in the club
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Helen Brooks @hellsbells.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Me when Chop Suey comes on in the club
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Helen Brooks @hellsbells.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Would you believe me if I told you this was a bat flying above the borlotti beans
A grainy blur above a vine of beans
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Helen Brooks @hellsbells.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Went to Anglesey and this red squirrel was mad with me
Little squirrel nutkin kind of guy poking its head around a tree branch and looking pissed off
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Helen Brooks @hellsbells.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Went to Anglesey and this red squirrel was mad with me
Little squirrel nutkin kind of guy poking its head around a tree branch and looking pissed off
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Helen Brooks @hellsbells.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Slow Sunday
A little snail slowly sliming along an iris leaf in the rain
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Helen Brooks @hellsbells.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Slow Sunday
A little snail slowly sliming along an iris leaf in the rain
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Derek Jarman’s “Stu” @stuartgipp.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
reposting my Reacher fanart because there's a new season
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Helen Brooks @hellsbells.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Yeah I looked
Photo of the hazy sun glow and the reflection of the eclipse
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Helen Brooks @hellsbells.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Yeah I looked
Photo of the hazy sun glow and the reflection of the eclipse
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Helen Brooks @hellsbells.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
A male gynaecology consultant told me "if you want to talk about that 'girly stuff' I'll have to get a woman in here"
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Helen Brooks @hellsbells.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
A male gynaecology consultant told me "if you want to talk about that 'girly stuff' I'll have to get a woman in here"
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Helen Brooks @hellsbells.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
This is a tromboncino, an Italian summer squash that's a cross between Jon Bon Jovi and Dan Bongino
A leafy green plant growing up a wooden trellis, with a long thin courgette like fruit in the centre with a yellow flower on the end of it
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Helen Brooks @hellsbells.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
This is a tromboncino, an Italian summer squash that's a cross between Jon Bon Jovi and Dan Bongino
A leafy green plant growing up a wooden trellis, with a long thin courgette like fruit in the centre with a yellow flower on the end of it
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Helen Brooks @hellsbells.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Classic homegrown tomatoes to homemade bbq sauce pipeline
Bowl of red, yellow, green, orange, purple tomatoesPan of red, yellow, green, orange and purple tomatoes with garlic, chilli and gingerJar of bbq sauce on a wooden table
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Helen Brooks @hellsbells.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Classic homegrown tomatoes to homemade bbq sauce pipeline
Bowl of red, yellow, green, orange, purple tomatoesPan of red, yellow, green, orange and purple tomatoes with garlic, chilli and gingerJar of bbq sauce on a wooden table
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Helen Brooks @hellsbells.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
So what I could easily run a mile in 27 years
Headline reading 'Britain's Kerr breaks 27-year mile world record in London'
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Helen Brooks @hellsbells.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
So what I could easily run a mile in 27 years
Headline reading 'Britain's Kerr breaks 27-year mile world record in London'
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Helen Brooks @hellsbells.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Stop scrolling & post two characters who bring you happiness
static.klipy.com
Broad City
ALT: Broad City
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Helen Brooks @hellsbells.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Worth a try
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Helen Brooks @hellsbells.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Major incident declared over large-scale wildfire on Tintwistle Moor
Firefighters are facing "challenging conditions" as they tackle the blaze, which started on 24 June.
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Helen Brooks @hellsbells.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Major incident declared over large-scale wildfire on Tintwistle Moor
Firefighters are facing "challenging conditions" as they tackle the blaze, which started on 24 June.
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Helen Brooks @hellsbells.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Seems like every time we have a sunny day here now the moors go on fire again
Scene of the sun on hills and hedgerow with smoke billowing over the hill from a fire on the moors
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Helen Brooks @hellsbells.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Seems like every time we have a sunny day here now the moors go on fire again
Scene of the sun on hills and hedgerow with smoke billowing over the hill from a fire on the moors
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Helen Brooks @hellsbells.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
All week I've been looking forward to lying down in this field
A golden field full of grasses and purple thistles (knapweed) with a hawthorn hedge in the background
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Helen Brooks @hellsbells.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
All week I've been looking forward to lying down in this field
A golden field full of grasses and purple thistles (knapweed) with a hawthorn hedge in the background
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Helen Brooks @hellsbells.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
OBSESSED with my lunchtime tomato haul
A wooden bowl filled with tomatoes of different shapes and colours
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Helen Brooks @hellsbells.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
OBSESSED with my lunchtime tomato haul
A wooden bowl filled with tomatoes of different shapes and colours
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Helen Brooks @hellsbells.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
LOOK I saw a leafcutter bee on my wild rose! This is my world cup, I would stay up till 5am to watch this but luckily I don't have to
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Helen Brooks @hellsbells.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
LOOK I saw a leafcutter bee on my wild rose! This is my world cup, I would stay up till 5am to watch this but luckily I don't have to
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Helen Brooks @hellsbells.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Hard to believe this when the guy on the top left is shamelessly giving a nazi salute
A news announcement saying no minions worked for hitler
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Helen Brooks @hellsbells.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Hard to believe this when the guy on the top left is shamelessly giving a nazi salute
A news announcement saying no minions worked for hitler
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Helen Brooks @hellsbells.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Not saying I'm tired but I just read the word 'baseline' with the same pronunciation as vaseline
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Helen Brooks @hellsbells.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Not saying I'm tired but I just read the word 'baseline' with the same pronunciation as vaseline
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Helen Brooks @hellsbells.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Mum: Rod Stewart, Ralph Mctell, Eurhythmics, Steely Dan, Wishbone Ash, Roxy Music. Dad: The Who. Dad used to put his music on through headphones every night when he got back from the pub, but every night the headphone jack would come out and we'd be treated to Pinball Wizard at 12.30am
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Helen Brooks @hellsbells.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Mum: Rod Stewart, Ralph Mctell, Eurhythmics, Steely Dan, Wishbone Ash, Roxy Music. Dad: The Who. Dad used to put his music on through headphones every night when he got back from the pub, but every night the headphone jack would come out and we'd be treated to Pinball Wizard at 12.30am
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Helen Brooks @hellsbells.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
One good thing about this hot hot hellscape is the tomatoes are starting to ripen
A vine of tomatoes on the plant, with the top ones orange and the lower ones green
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Helen Brooks @hellsbells.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
One good thing about this hot hot hellscape is the tomatoes are starting to ripen
A vine of tomatoes on the plant, with the top ones orange and the lower ones green
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Helen Brooks @hellsbells.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Doing my little solstice evening two days late because kids innit
Green and yellow beeswax candles lit in the foreground with an arch full of sweet peas in the background
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Helen Brooks @hellsbells.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Doing my little solstice evening two days late because kids innit
Green and yellow beeswax candles lit in the foreground with an arch full of sweet peas in the background
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Helen Brooks @hellsbells.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Lunch from the garden in the garden
A white plate of salad leaves with goat's cheese crostini, sprinkiled with broad beans, chilli, chives, garlic scapes and calendula petalsA bowl of strawberries with a dusting of sugar and a glass of elderflower cordial with mint leaves in it, both on a garden table in the sun
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Helen Brooks @hellsbells.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Lunch from the garden in the garden
A white plate of salad leaves with goat's cheese crostini, sprinkiled with broad beans, chilli, chives, garlic scapes and calendula petalsA bowl of strawberries with a dusting of sugar and a glass of elderflower cordial with mint leaves in it, both on a garden table in the sun
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Helen Brooks @hellsbells.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
I saw Skunk Anansie last night and it was the BEST GIG I HAVE EVER BEEN TO
Two women with curly strawberry blonde hair and glasses smiling in front of an outdoor stageSkin from Skunk Anansie standing on a piece of music equipment with a microphone. It is all smoky around her
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