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Helen Brooks
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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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I made this!

My journey into lino printing continues with this birch forest
Lino printed birch tree trunks
January 23, 2026 at 10:56 AM
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I made this!

My journey into lino printing continues with this birch forest
Lino printed birch tree trunks
January 23, 2026 at 10:56 AM
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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
Blurry photo of Cwfen, a four piece band from Glasgow. The lead singer is in the middle, a woman with long black hair and goth style make up. Also in the photo are two guitarists. The drummer wasn't in shot sadly Black band t shirt that says Cwfen on in goth style writing. The image on the t shirt is a white forest with a woman figure walking in the distance into a bright shining light, maybe the moon
January 18, 2026 at 5:31 PM
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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
Blurry photo of Cwfen, a four piece band from Glasgow. The lead singer is in the middle, a woman with long black hair and goth style make up. Also in the photo are two guitarists. The drummer wasn't in shot sadly Black band t shirt that says Cwfen on in goth style writing. The image on the t shirt is a white forest with a woman figure walking in the distance into a bright shining light, maybe the moon
January 18, 2026 at 5:31 PM
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Another brilliant ep of the skewer this week!

With a little bit from me about Reform rifling through the Tories' bins

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
The Skewer - Series 15 - 2. ICE, ICE, baby - BBC Sounds
Jon Holmes remixes the news into a satirical comedy concept album.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 16, 2026 at 10:52 AM
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Another brilliant ep of the skewer this week!

With a little bit from me about Reform rifling through the Tories' bins

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
The Skewer - Series 15 - 2. ICE, ICE, baby - BBC Sounds
Jon Holmes remixes the news into a satirical comedy concept album.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 16, 2026 at 10:52 AM
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Celebrate/dread the start of 2026 with a listen to the twisted news in the first episode of the skewer this year

With a bit from me on the horrors of Grok and X

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - The Skewer, Series 15, 1. There are Stranger Things...
Jon Holmes remixes the news into a satirical comedy concept album.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 8, 2026 at 12:12 PM
hellsbells.bsky.social
Celebrate/dread the start of 2026 with a listen to the twisted news in the first episode of the skewer this year

With a bit from me on the horrors of Grok and X

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - The Skewer, Series 15, 1. There are Stranger Things...
Jon Holmes remixes the news into a satirical comedy concept album.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 8, 2026 at 12:12 PM
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Would you like an award-winning mash up of news and pop culture to deal with the current shitshow that the world is in? Well you’re in luck as a BRAND NEW series of #TheSkewer starts tonight 11.15 on BBC Radio 4. Also BBC Sounds. Enjoy.
January 7, 2026 at 7:55 PM
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Walked from the setting of the moon to the rising of the sun
The full moon reflected in a lake Pink sunrise The full sun peeping over the hilltop
January 2, 2026 at 12:14 PM
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Walked from the setting of the moon to the rising of the sun
The full moon reflected in a lake Pink sunrise The full sun peeping over the hilltop
January 2, 2026 at 12:14 PM
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2025
An image of text that says: I had loads of great times in 2025 but it’s impossible to look back on the year without bumping into the fact that my dad died in August (on my birthday thanks dad) and that has coloured everything since then. I am aware of how unpalatable it is to continually talk about it, but in every conversation or interaction I am suppressing the want to say ‘hey did you remember my dad died?’ ‘yes I would like a bag and also my dad died’ ‘wow well done on your promotion! but how about MY DAD DIED’ I am filled with burning anger and disbelief and it’s very unbecoming and not conducive to nice drinks with friends or watching a film with my boyfriend or going ice skating with my children. I am all the time trying to remember all the parts of me and pull them all back into my orbit but I think maybe it’s all different now? And my goal for 2026 is just to see where things land and continue to be so so grateful for my people and my health and my ability to find joy in a nice scone, or in singing along to a record with the candles lit while it’s raining outside, or in growing tomatoes. So I will plant the seeds and light the candles even while the rain lashes the windows because I know the weather will change.
December 31, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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2025
An image of text that says: I had loads of great times in 2025 but it’s impossible to look back on the year without bumping into the fact that my dad died in August (on my birthday thanks dad) and that has coloured everything since then. I am aware of how unpalatable it is to continually talk about it, but in every conversation or interaction I am suppressing the want to say ‘hey did you remember my dad died?’ ‘yes I would like a bag and also my dad died’ ‘wow well done on your promotion! but how about MY DAD DIED’ I am filled with burning anger and disbelief and it’s very unbecoming and not conducive to nice drinks with friends or watching a film with my boyfriend or going ice skating with my children. I am all the time trying to remember all the parts of me and pull them all back into my orbit but I think maybe it’s all different now? And my goal for 2026 is just to see where things land and continue to be so so grateful for my people and my health and my ability to find joy in a nice scone, or in singing along to a record with the candles lit while it’s raining outside, or in growing tomatoes. So I will plant the seeds and light the candles even while the rain lashes the windows because I know the weather will change.
December 31, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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I wrote my first ever flash fiction! Entered the @welkinprize.bsky.social just under the wire and got this awesome badge to show for it
A sky blue circular badge with stars on in shades of blue and grey, saying The Welkin Writing Prize, Supernova of Scribbling
December 30, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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I just tried lino cut printing for the first time! Lots to learn obvs but chuffed with this effort
A rough and ready snowflake printed in dark brown ink on brown paper
December 30, 2025 at 4:57 PM
hellsbells.bsky.social
I just tried lino cut printing for the first time! Lots to learn obvs but chuffed with this effort
A rough and ready snowflake printed in dark brown ink on brown paper
December 30, 2025 at 4:57 PM
hellsbells.bsky.social
I wrote my first ever flash fiction! Entered the @welkinprize.bsky.social just under the wire and got this awesome badge to show for it
A sky blue circular badge with stars on in shades of blue and grey, saying The Welkin Writing Prize, Supernova of Scribbling
December 30, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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This afternoon I chopped all this honeysuckle wood for kindling using a blunt saw of unknown provenance and it made me very happy
A square fire basket filled with lengths of twisted honeysuckle wood
December 29, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Merry Christmas! Just finished icing our cake in the traditional '80s grandma' style
Christmas cake covered with white Roy icing in 'stiff peaks', topped with small 80s style santa, reindeer and snowman
December 25, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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My friend was telling my about her new fella and said he has loads of green flags and I literally thought she meant he *owns a lot of green flags* and I was like 'cool I guess' because I am a supportive friend
December 24, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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My friend was telling my about her new fella and said he has loads of green flags and I literally thought she meant he *owns a lot of green flags* and I was like 'cool I guess' because I am a supportive friend
December 24, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Up on the moors this morning for a Christmas eve sunrise
Purply pink clouds over moorland hills, with a wire fence in the foreground Sweeping moorland view with a candyfloss sky
December 24, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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'Made' a yule log to burn tonight in celebration of the solstice this weekend
A small cylinder of untreated wood, wrapped with jute twine with small branches of pine, Holly and hawthorn woven in
December 20, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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'Made' a yule log to burn tonight in celebration of the solstice this weekend
A small cylinder of untreated wood, wrapped with jute twine with small branches of pine, Holly and hawthorn woven in
December 20, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Two variations on a knee hook

Two variations on back-of-the-knee bruises
I am doing a pole dance move called arrow I am doing a pole dance move called marley
December 15, 2025 at 9:14 PM