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Helen McCookerybook (aka Helen McCallum, aka Helen Reddington) @mccookerybook.bsky.social · 4h

Listening to @gidcoe.bsky.social The Shadows, Esther Phillips (what a difference a day made!), Lila Tristram, The Railway Children, This Is The Kit, The Blue Aeroplanes, Duane Eddy, The String Kings, Gravenhurst, lovely crackly Jerry Lawdon (sp?) Drew a smiling policewoman on an unhappy horse

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Helen McCookerybook (aka Helen McCallum, aka Helen Reddington) @mccookerybook.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

London Land, from Sunday Day With Terry Tyldesley and Ruth Tidmarsh at the Betsey Trotwood www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jq25...

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Helen McCookerybook (aka Helen McCallum, aka Helen Reddington) @mccookerybook.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

At The Betsey Trotwood this Sunday afternoon from 2 p.m. All new songs from me- The Darkside Truth, about the Brighton Punk Scene in 1977 and Robert Rotifer's Radical Friendship Theory Tickets here: wegottickets.com/f/22135/

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Helen McCookerybook (aka Helen McCallum, aka Helen Reddington) @mccookerybook.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Listening to @gidcoe.bsky.social This is the Kit, D'Angelo ( love his music), Broadcast, The Leaf Library, Arborist, Wreckless Eric, Jill Scott, Matt DeMarco, Lavender, Slide, Broken Social Scene Had 3 fillings today; too tired to finish drawing Oompah Band playing 'Barbie Girl' down the South Bank

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Helen McCookerybook (aka Helen McCallum, aka Helen Reddington) @mccookerybook.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Listening to @marcrileydj.bsky.social and @gidcoe.bsky.social Prolapse, The Flaming Stars, Jacques Brel, Pozi, Wu Tang Clan, British Birds, The Fall Drew man at the barbers

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Helen McCookerybook (aka Helen McCallum, aka Helen Reddington) @mccookerybook.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Listening to @marcrileydj.bsky.social Cabaret Voltaire in session British Birds, Art Brut, Gary Miller, White Fence, Gareth Sager, Britney Spears (!!) Drew a woman selling baskets on a market stall

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Helen McCookerybook (aka Helen McCallum, aka Helen Reddington) @mccookerybook.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Amended! 11/10 Betsey w Robert Rotifer wegottickets.com/f/22135 12/11 Old Hairdresser’s Glasgow w Lorraine Lucas wegottickets.com/f/26674 13/11 Todmorden w The Sunbathers 14/15 Louder Than Words 22/11 Bristol Knowle Club w Anna Kissel 18/12 Brighton Prince Albert wegottickets.com/f/23920

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Helen McCookerybook (aka Helen McCallum, aka Helen Reddington) @mccookerybook.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

11/10 Betsey w Robert Rotifer wegottickets.com/f/22135 12/11 Old Hairdresser’s Glasgow w Lorraine Lucas wegottickets.com/f/26674 13/11 Todmorden w The Sunbathers 22/11 Bristol Knowle Club w Anna Kissel 18/12 Brighton Prince Albert wegottickets.com/f/23920

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Helen McCookerybook (aka Helen McCallum, aka Helen Reddington) @mccookerybook.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Listening to @marcrileydj.bsky.social and @gidcoe.bsky.social on catch-up John Cooper Clarke, Lande Hekt, The Kinks, Johnny Cash, Richard Dawson, Slide, Ill Ease, Mighty Sparrow Drawing a tour poster for the rest of the year

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Helen McCookerybook (aka Helen McCallum, aka Helen Reddington) @mccookerybook.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Listening to @marcrileydj.bsky.social and @gidcoe.bsky.social Very funny! Drawing wobbly lines and swaying Ezra Furman, Anna Erhard, Magic Arm, Nick Nicely, Fire Engines (!!!), Prolapse, Richard Dawson, Leonard Cohen, Hannah Hu Drew a couple photographing man outside the Royal Robemakers

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Helen McCookerybook (aka Helen McCallum, aka Helen Reddington) @mccookerybook.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Playing my cream and white Jedson bass in Joby and the Hooligans, The Buccaneer, Brighton in 1977, with reggae fan Dub Duncan on drums. Upstrokes only @gidcoe.bsky.social and @marcrileydj.bsky.social probably because I taught myself. I still can't do downstrokes, but don't tell anyone.

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Helen McCookerybook (aka Helen McCallum, aka Helen Reddington) @mccookerybook.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Listening to @marcrileydj.bsky.social Grandmaster Flash, Gareth Sager, This Is The Kit, Thee Cybermen, Pina Palau, Davey Woodward, The Yummy Fur, Serge Gainsbourg & Brigitte Bardot, Richard Dawson, Jimi Tenor Drew a juggler in the park

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Helen McCookerybook (aka Helen McCallum, aka Helen Reddington) @mccookerybook.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Badge time! These have just shown up, a million years before the LP has even finished being mixed. But... today I found the perfect bass sound! Yee-ha! Not long to go now!

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Helen McCookerybook (aka Helen McCallum, aka Helen Reddington) @mccookerybook.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Come to my gig in #Glasgow on Thursday 12th November! Tickets here: wegottickets.com/f/26674

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Helen McCookerybook (aka Helen McCallum, aka Helen Reddington) @mccookerybook.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Listening to @marcrileydj.bsky.social A Certain Ratio and Bubbles in session. Anna Erhard (love it), Hanna Hu, The Ronettes, ,The Adverts, Len Barry, The Yummy Fur, more Drew a Pearly Queen watching a magician

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Helen McCookerybook (aka Helen McCallum, aka Helen Reddington) @mccookerybook.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Listening to @gidcoe.bsky.social Good rockin' Coe number, George Thumper Jones! Alison Cotton in session, Spratleys, Kid Congo Powers, Taftir, Denim, The Kinks, Francoise Hardy, Peggy Lee Drew a Warburtons Toastie Loaf gone mouldy on the ground in Gipsy Hill, London

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Helen McCookerybook (aka Helen McCallum, aka Helen Reddington) @mccookerybook.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Listening to @gidcoe.bsky.social on catch-up The Bodines, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Felt (loved that one), The Forty Fours, Arun Sood and Angeline Morrison, Lande Hekt Drew businessmen in blue suits having a street meeting (unfinished)

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Helen McCookerybook (aka Helen McCallum, aka Helen Reddington) @mccookerybook.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Listening to @marcrileydj.bsky.social Durutti Column, Mark Lanegan, Laura Veirs, The Damned, Captain Beefheart, Yummy Fur, Ty Segal, Billy Fury, Pozi, more Drew dodgems in Brighton

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Helen McCookerybook (aka Helen McCallum, aka Helen Reddington) @mccookerybook.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

My next gig will be the Betsey Trotwood, Sunday 11th October at 2 p.m. with @robertrotifer.bsky.social playing songs from his great new album. I'll be playing a brand new set of songs from an album I'm now mixing, The Darkside Truth. Artwork ready before album! Tickets: wegottickets.com/f/22135

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Helen McCookerybook (aka Helen McCallum, aka Helen Reddington) @mccookerybook.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Tonight at The Waiting Room, Stoke Newington dice.fm/event/yow2w2...

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Helen McCookerybook (aka Helen McCallum, aka Helen Reddington) @mccookerybook.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

This is my Gran's banjo. I have a photograph of her playing it in Vermont when she was a young woman, & it has just been given to me. It needed a new bridge, tuning peg and strings (fake gut, because the tuners are probably bakelite and therefore very fragile). I loved her very much, & she loved me.

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Helen McCookerybook (aka Helen McCallum, aka Helen Reddington) @mccookerybook.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Listening to @marcrileydj.bsky.social Half Man Half Biscuit, Aldous Harding, Anna B Savage, Kevin Ayers (one of brother James's favourites), The Beach Boys, Kiran Leonard, Richard Dawson, Bo Diddley, Area Code 615 Drew a vlogger in Soho

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Helen McCookerybook (aka Helen McCallum, aka Helen Reddington) @mccookerybook.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Gigs! Sept 12 The Waiting Room w Caroline Trettine dice.fm/.../yow2w2-c.... Oct 11 Betsey Trotwood w Robert Rotifer wegottickets.com/f/22135 Nov 12 Old Hairdresser’s Glasgow w Lorraine Lucas wegottickets.com/f/26674 Nov 22 The Knowle, Bristol w Anna Kessel Dec 18 Brighton Prince Albert w Asbo Derek

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Helen McCookerybook (aka Helen McCallum, aka Helen Reddington) @mccookerybook.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

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Helen McCookerybook (aka Helen McCallum, aka Helen Reddington) @mccookerybook.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Listening to @gidcoe.bsky.social Katherine Priddy, Dur-Dur Band, Protomartyr, Language of Flowers, Joe Gibbs, Vanishing Twin. Can't believe I spent days embroidering my name & left out small 'c' in McCookerybook. Had to remedy that instead of drawing. Also I play bass with upstrokes with a pick!

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Helen McCookerybook (aka Helen McCallum, aka Helen Reddington) @mccookerybook.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

It's officially Autumn, apple season: this is from seven years ago. What fun making this video with Ruth Tidmarsh! www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xw7...

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Helen McCookerybook (aka Helen McCallum, aka Helen Reddington) @mccookerybook.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Listening to @marcrileydj.bsky.social and @gidcoe.bsky.social on catch-up Echo nd the Bunnymen, Otis Clay, David Sylvian (gem), Deerhunter, Young Knives, Deerhunter, The Doors, Ivor Cutler, Once And Future Band, Servotron Drew people drawing and photographing a blues band at Café Boheme, Soho

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Helen McCookerybook (aka Helen McCallum, aka Helen Reddington) @mccookerybook.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Listening to @marcrileydj.bsky.social Dolly Parton ❤️, The Family Battenberg, Laura Gibson, Hercules & Love Affair, Talking Heads, Pom Poco, Slug, Formal Sppeedwear, Agnes Obel (WOW!!) Drew the shoeshine man waiting for customers in the arcade

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Helen McCookerybook (aka Helen McCallum, aka Helen Reddington) @mccookerybook.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Listening to @gidcoe.bsky.social Lande Hekt, Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros, Autocamper, Weevie Stonder, Ish and the Meantime, Plaid, Ish and the Meantime Drew part of a huge film crew, Denmark Street, London

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Helen McCookerybook (aka Helen McCallum, aka Helen Reddington) @mccookerybook.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Listening to @gidcoe.bsky.social Loving track by Fabienne Delsol! Radical Friendship Theory (hello @robertrotifer.bsky.social ), and a shoutout to @glasgoespop.bsky.social; Elvis, I Roy and Leo, Junior Walker & the All Stars, The Passions, Spencer Cullum, Penelope Isles Drew lost doll in the weeds

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Helen McCookerybook (aka Helen McCallum, aka Helen Reddington) @mccookerybook.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Listening to @marcrileydj.bsky.social and @gidcoe.bsky.social David Bowie, Thee Headcoats, Personal Trainer, The Rutles, British Birds, Virna Lindt, more Drew a man walking past Ronnie Rude in Blackpool this weekend

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Helen McCookerybook (aka Helen McCallum, aka Helen Reddington) @mccookerybook.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Waiting to go on at the Almost Acoustic stage at Rebellion Punk festival, Blackpool. I played a set of entirely new songs about Brighton in 1977, which I'm currently recording for an album. I think it went OK!

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Helen McCookerybook (aka Helen McCallum, aka Helen Reddington) @mccookerybook.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

From the High Tide Festival, Twickenham, a couple of weeks ago- with Lester Square, Ruth Tidmarsh and Karina Townsend www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmOr...

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Helen McCookerybook (aka Helen McCallum, aka Helen Reddington) @mccookerybook.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Listening to @marcrileydj.bsky.social The Teardrop Explodes, White Denim, Elanor Moss, Memphis Minnie, the Yummy Fur, Joan as Policewoman, Close Lobsters Drew a Blackpool Street Trader with fluffy little things on sticks

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Helen McCookerybook (aka Helen McCallum, aka Helen Reddington) @mccookerybook.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Can't get to Rebellion? Watch our documentary instead! Wit and wisdom from Gina Birch, Lucy O'brien, Liz Naylor, Viv Albertine, June Miles-Kingston, Jane Woodgate, Jane Dowsett Lesley Woods, Liz Naylor, Trash, Karen Gymslip, The Dollymixture and more! www.youtube.com/watch?v=zki9...

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Helen McCookerybook (aka Helen McCallum, aka Helen Reddington) @mccookerybook.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Listening to @marcrileydj.bsky.social & @gidcoe.bsky.social Stonker of a show! Elaine Moss in session, Soul Revivers and Vin Gordon, The Odyssey Cult, Shonen Knife, Squirrel Flower, Weekend, Kavus Torabi, Jeffrey Lewis Drew a woman with a nasty little dog in a pushchair on the tube

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Helen McCookerybook (aka Helen McCallum, aka Helen Reddington) @mccookerybook.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Listening to @marcrileydj.bsky.social & @gidcoe.bsky.social Laughathon! I even lol'd at the cheeky Arab Strap song. TV on the Radio, British Birds, Dusty, King Salami & the Cumberland Three (xlnt), Pink Fairies, Katherine Priddy, Jeffrey Lewis & the Voltage Drew stylish women at vintage fair (WIP)

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Helen McCookerybook (aka Helen McCallum, aka Helen Reddington) @mccookerybook.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Listening to @marcrileydj.bsky.social Formal Sppedwear in session, Psychedelic Furs, Personal Trainer, Teenage Fanclub, the Golden Gate Quartet, Radical Friendship Theory, the Sexual Objects, Jeffrey Lewis, Trembling Bells Drew a dog's paw print in the sand (detail)

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Helen McCookerybook (aka Helen McCallum, aka Helen Reddington) @mccookerybook.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Almost Acoustic at Rebellion Punk festival in Blackpool next Saturday- onstage at 6.30 p.m. when I'll be playing a set of brand new songs about the Brighton punk scene in 1977 #rebellion

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Helen McCookerybook (aka Helen McCallum, aka Helen Reddington) @mccookerybook.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

50 Years of punk! Time to share our DIY film 'Stories from the She-Punks: music with a different agenda' that was made to celebrate the 40th anniversary. Film by Gina Birch and Helen McCookerybook studio.youtube.com/video/zki9nj...

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Helen McCookerybook (aka Helen McCallum, aka Helen Reddington) @mccookerybook.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Listening to @marcrileydj.bsky.social Loving Brigid Dawson and the Mothers Network, First Aid Kit, The Yummy Fur, Elanor Moss, British Birds, The Odyssey Cult, Margaret Glaspy (voice!), Thee (scary) Headcoats and more

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Helen McCookerybook (aka Helen McCallum, aka Helen Reddington) @mccookerybook.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Just the best way to send a Sunday lunchtime! With Lester Square, Karina Townsend and Ruth Tidmarsh after our gig at the Eel Pie Pub as part of Twickenham's High Tide Festival. An audience of superstars, stars and supers: what could be better! And a rousing rendition of 'At The Bathing Pond' too!

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Helen McCookerybook (aka Helen McCallum, aka Helen Reddington) @mccookerybook.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Stop press! I'm honoured to be part of a supporting cast for Caroline Trettine's album launch on the 12th of September. Terry Edwards will join me for a couple of songs. Look at the line-up! Further details here: www.carolinetrettine.com

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Helen McCookerybook (aka Helen McCallum, aka Helen Reddington) @mccookerybook.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Singing in the kitchen- a new song, but not ready to record live for Youtube!

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Helen McCookerybook (aka Helen McCallum, aka Helen Reddington) @mccookerybook.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Listening to @gidcoe.bsky.social Jetstream Pony, Arab Strap, Bessie Smith, Messenger Dub, Prefab Sprout, MC Solaar, Jessica Pratt, Luke Haines, The Notwist, break_fold: so much variety! Luvly. Drew the morning after the night before, Newcastle

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Helen McCookerybook (aka Helen McCallum, aka Helen Reddington) @mccookerybook.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Listening to @gidcoe.bsky.social Nice to hear The Models- saw at Sussex University; Lande Hekt, Mama Cass (so beautiful), Charles Bradley, Pat Baptiste (dig those boofty drums), Jessica Pratt, The Yabby You Sound, David Peel & the Lower East Side I'm doing a poster for Glasgow gig 12th November

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Helen McCookerybook (aka Helen McCallum, aka Helen Reddington) @mccookerybook.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Listening to @gidcoe.bsky.social Napalm Death, Kristin Hersch, Shack, The Teardrop Explodes (loved), Damon Locks Black Monument Ensemble (double loved), Pip Blom, Jessica Pratt, Danny Kirwan, Freddy Cannon (hot weather music), more. Drew a man folding his shirt on an Intercity train

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