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Helen Brooks

@hellsbells

Comedy writer: Naked Week and The Skewer BBC Radio 4, Breaking the News BBC iplayer, Noising Up BBC Radio Scotland

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The Naked Week - Series 4 - War, Law, and Operation Amol Rajan - BBC Sounds We go to war, flout the law, and launch Operation Amol Rajan.

The Naked Week is back! The funnest way to engage with All The News. Plus a couple of jokes from me www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

07.03.2026 17:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Naked Week - Series 4 - War, Law, and Operation Amol Rajan - BBC Sounds We go to war, flout the law, and launch Operation Amol Rajan.

The Naked Week is back! The funnest way to engage with All The News. Plus a couple of jokes from me www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

07.03.2026 17:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Had to

02.03.2026 18:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Had to

02.03.2026 18:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Empire Records was one of our sleepover staples in the 90s. Must have seen it 20+ times. I still don't properly know who Rex Manning is

01.03.2026 21:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Reminded me of when I was on Hinge and I matched with a man whose bio said 'Obama in the streets, Osama in the sheets'

26.02.2026 11:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 14 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I swiftly unmatched him but not before that sentence was burned into my brain for the rest of my life

26.02.2026 11:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Is he the President of the Snow Balling Association

26.02.2026 11:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Reminded me of when I was on Hinge and I matched with a man whose bio said 'Obama in the streets, Osama in the sheets'

26.02.2026 11:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 14 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I AM wrong, it's a lacewing

24.02.2026 16:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I think it's a mayfly? This is what I always call them but I might be wrong!

24.02.2026 16:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I totally feel this, my dad was 73 and even though I know it's irrational I feel like it's a personal affront to me when anyone anywhere is older. Also when anyone else has a dad. Or mentions the concept of fatherhood. And these things happen EXTREMELY ALL THE TIME

22.02.2026 20:39 ๐Ÿ‘ 10 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Looking down on an oval shaped puddle on a muddy woodland path. The winter trees around and above it are reflected in the collected rain water and a pale blue sky with cumulus clouds. A few golden brown leaves are floating in the puddle and strewn around in the mud.

Looking down on an oval shaped puddle on a muddy woodland path. The winter trees around and above it are reflected in the collected rain water and a pale blue sky with cumulus clouds. A few golden brown leaves are floating in the puddle and strewn around in the mud.

Managed a spot of puddle bothering this morning.

โšช๏ธ Portal.

21.02.2026 17:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 476 ๐Ÿ” 70 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 25 ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

Tiffany Chapman off Brookside. You learnt this on your first day of school and you did your duty by passing the hallowed fact on to new year 7s every September

12.02.2026 10:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Going out on a limb to say 'ideally yes'

11.02.2026 17:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 1445 ๐Ÿ” 181 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 22 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Going out on a limb to say 'ideally yes'

11.02.2026 17:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 1445 ๐Ÿ” 181 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 22 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Sorry to hear this, hope you can get some support xx

10.02.2026 21:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ha! Amazing. Which bit was it?

08.02.2026 19:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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MIETTE Miette is a seventies-inspired wraparound skirt which ties at the front in a bow. Super simple to sew and fit, with no fiddly fastenings,...

www.tillyandthebuttons.com/p/miette.htm...

08.02.2026 11:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Tilly and the Buttons does a very simple wrap skirt that's intended for beginners, I made a few when I was learning xx

08.02.2026 11:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Lino print of birch trees

Lino print of birch trees

Lino print of a washing machine

Lino print of a washing machine

I started lino printing last month, just for the sake of being creative. These are the two most recent prints I've done and I'm proud of them both! Trees because I like them and a washing machine because I go to the launderette a lot and I find it inspiring in a way I can't explain

06.02.2026 23:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 18 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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BBC Radio 4 - The Skewer, Series 15, 5. This Charming Mandelson This Charming Mandelson.

Check out the final episode of this series of The Skewer, in which I imagined what it would be like if Catherine O'Hara's Moira Rose visited Gorton and Denton ahead of the by election
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

05.02.2026 13:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 10 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I am really loving your Who posts, they were my dad's fave band and every time I see your references I'm reminded of him in a nice way. And also I learn about the Who! Win win

05.02.2026 18:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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BBC Radio 4 - The Skewer, Series 15, 5. This Charming Mandelson This Charming Mandelson.

Check out the final episode of this series of The Skewer, in which I imagined what it would be like if Catherine O'Hara's Moira Rose visited Gorton and Denton ahead of the by election
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

05.02.2026 13:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 10 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Someone once described their friend (a white man who writes screenplays) as 'the real victim of Me Too' because he hadn't been able to sell his latest script

05.02.2026 10:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

I think the sparrows does? It's pricy though!

04.02.2026 21:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The good old fashioned 'that can't be classed as rape otherwise *I* would have done rapes!' defence

04.02.2026 18:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It feels more and more challenging to maintain the self delusion that men are ok to be around in the face of so much evidence that they clearly are not

02.02.2026 13:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I interviewed someone who said on their application their interest was 'lyres' and before they joined the call I said to my co worker 'we must ask them about the lyres' and when they joined the whole wall behind them was a bunch of lyres. We gave them the job and they were epic. Niche interests rock

29.01.2026 17:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0