Helen Brooks
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Helen Brooks
@hellsbells.bsky.social
Comedy writer: Naked Week and The Skewer BBC Radio 4, Breaking the News BBC iplayer, Noising Up BBC Radio Scotland
Morning after the night before
November 14, 2025 at 1:42 PM
When my bf and I work from home and I get hungry
November 6, 2025 at 2:58 PM
V blurry screenshot of Broad City's @ilanaglazer.com says it best
November 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Had a little forest ramble as part of my attempt to not lose my goddam MIND this winter
October 29, 2025 at 10:54 AM
In the pandemic I made a witch hat for my guinea pig and we did a photo shoot with him and honestly maybe when I look back on my life I'll realise that was my heyday
October 27, 2025 at 2:01 PM
My v small garden looks lovely and autumnal :) being outside and growing things really helps my mood
October 25, 2025 at 8:47 AM
It's green tomato chutney season guyssss
October 23, 2025 at 12:19 PM
The Nu Metal Arches were sold out
October 15, 2025 at 12:09 PM
My dad died recently and one of our shared interests was Terry Pratchett. Precisely because our books show years of shared reading they are so special. Mort has a note in the back where my dad wrote the code to my bike lock and they're the most meaningful four numbers in existence @rhi.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 8:59 AM
A girl can't even use bluesky to post a photo of her butt while dancing to Ghostbusters in an homage to Slimer anymore
October 12, 2025 at 6:57 PM
A physio told me I had 'long femurs' which meant I 'would never be able to do proper squats' but I don't care because how could this cat fit on me if I didn't have freaky long thighs
October 11, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Join me in a good old fashioned game of spot-the-guinea-pig
October 10, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The most shocking thing about this is that this parent was able to leave his *four year old* alone for *two hours* and not worry the kid was eg falling downstairs/hiding every single remote control in the neighbourhood/drinking out of the toilet/drawing a moustache on the cat
October 3, 2025 at 12:28 PM
September 15, 2025 at 10:49 AM
In a new low i accidentally left my regular glasses at home and had to do an entire pole class wearing my sunglasses
August 8, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Someone has to be the palest person on the beach
July 9, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Lunch from the garden (plus some rice and a fried egg)
June 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW DATE! We've had to change the date of our show due to our lives happening at us. New date is 16th July 8.30 pm at Grub in Manchester www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1382026050...
June 21, 2025 at 4:23 PM
If there's one thing you should know about me it's that I love free movement through the back door*

*I am aware there are several ways this can be interpreted, pick your fave
May 17, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Mach 2025 was a BLAST and was not TOO COLD at night

Highlights were:

Kathy Maniura
Lucy Pearman
Darryl Carrington
Bec Hill @bechillcomedian.bsky.social
Kieran Hodgson
May 5, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Went for my first Wild Stand of the year
April 30, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I am above average height for a woman
April 10, 2025 at 6:19 PM
My bf said 'don't post that it looks like a swastika' but he doesn't know its actually just a Roman split
March 28, 2025 at 9:47 AM
We saw you from across the quiz and we wondered if you'd like to let us WIN THE WHOLE DAMN THING
March 19, 2025 at 10:04 AM
You would never know this horrible little baby traumatised me earlier by bringing in a mouse/rat
March 18, 2025 at 11:10 AM