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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Helen Brooks@hellsbells· 5d

Yeah I looked

Photo of the hazy sun glow and the reflection of the eclipse

Helen Brooks@hellsbells· 11d

Granny's Garden on my dad's PC when I was a kid. When that witch appeared on screen I would lose my tiny little 9 yr old mind

80s pc style image of a witch saying 'Ha! Now i've got you!'

Helen Brooks@hellsbells· 25d

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

Helen Brooks@hellsbells· 28d

Classic homegrown tomatoes to homemade bbq sauce pipeline

Bowl of red, yellow, green, orange, purple tomatoes

Pan of red, yellow, green, orange and purple tomatoes with garlic, chilli and ginger

Helen Brooks@hellsbells· Jul 18

So what I could easily run a mile in 27 years

Headline reading 'Britain's Kerr breaks 27-year mile world record in London'

Helen Brooks@hellsbells· Jul 13

Here's my salvia viridia near Manchester, UK. I grew this from seed this year, in a newly renovated garden. I'm really proud of it and bees love it!

A salvia plant with green leaves and purple bracts

Helen Brooks@hellsbells· Jul 12

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

Helen Brooks@hellsbells· Jul 10

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

Helen Brooks@hellsbells· Jul 8

OBSESSED with my lunchtime tomato haul

A wooden bowl filled with tomatoes of different shapes and colours

Helen Brooks@hellsbells· Jul 3

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

Helen Brooks@hellsbells· Jul 2

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

Helen Brooks@hellsbells· Jun 26

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

Helen Brooks@hellsbells· Jun 23

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

Helen Brooks@hellsbells· Jun 22

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 petals

A 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

Helen Brooks@hellsbells· Jun 19

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 stage

Skin from Skunk Anansie standing on a piece of music equipment with a microphone. It is all smoky around her

Helen Brooks@hellsbells· Jun 17

Vegetable growing is wild, these two pictures were taken just ONE MONTH apart

Small garden veg plot with two raised beds and a compost bin. The raised beds have a few little plants in

The same picture but now the raised beds are full to overflowing with delicious green

Helen Brooks@hellsbells· Jun 16

My friend just dropped a great new insult, feel free to use on your enemies

Screenshot of a whatsapp message saying 'you can put lemongrass in your water butt'

Helen Brooks@hellsbells· Jun 3

Fun summer prank idea: piss in a bottle and tell everyone you've made elderflower cordial

5 bottles of actual elderflower cordial I really did actually make that sadly does look like piss

Helen Brooks@hellsbells· May 21

Made a lovely little side salad from the garden

Small bowl filled with different salad leaves: red and green lettuce, red mustard, nasturtium, hawthorn, parsley plus purple and yellow viola flowers

Helen Brooks@hellsbells· May 11

I made a zine for my local launderette! Did anyone ask for this? No. Do I think any launderette customers will read it? Also no. Will they draw offensive graffiti on it? Almost certainly. But I LOVE IT and making it made me laugh so objective achieved

Zine front cover. It is called Spin Cycle and has a lino printed washing machine

A deeply silly launderette lonely hearts page

Laundry in the charts page featuring Spinning Around by Kylie Minogue

Helen Brooks@hellsbells· Apr 21

First chilli flower of the season and bonus points - it's purple!

Jungly looking bright green foliage in background, a small delicate purple chilli flower in the foreground

Helen Brooks@hellsbells· Apr 13

Yes my back hurts, thanks for asking

Woman in green jumper and old England cricket baseball cap working on a laptop in the garden with a tabby cat curled up asleep in her arms.

Helen Brooks@hellsbells· Mar 2

Had to

The 'And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die' still from Muppets Christmas Carol, modified to say 'And the element of concern, who was NOT new'

Helen Brooks@hellsbells· Feb 6

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

Helen Brooks@hellsbells· Jan 18

Took this blurry photo of Cwfen last night, my FAVE BAND OF ALL TIME since I first heard them 6 months ago Also got this rad t shirt If you like doomgazey gothy witchy metal you absolutely need to check these guys out