From Abus Dangereux the fabulous French magazine- thank you!:

Equal Parts EP

“It’s the treat of the season: the Austro-Anglo pop goldsmith Robert Rotifer, not content to accompany Louis Philippe, joined forces with Helen McCookerybook, figure and historian of female punk who from the 1980s within Helen and the Horns, blithely mingled ska or jazzy brass, western melodies and Broadway echoes. As the title of this mini-album indicates, we of course (the tangy and sometimes cracked timbre of one mingles with the velvety baritone of the other), talents, and even languages (with a few verses in German), for the art of the mixed duo in its most delightfully sixties version, the guitars drawing on folk as well as bossanova to produce pure pop euphoria. And like in the song ‘Balloon’, we laugh at the walls because we take flight. [SC] mccookerybookandrotifer.bandcamp.com”

(bit of a Google translate going on there)

https://pennyblackmusic.co.uk/Home/Details?id=26555

“When we published the first half of our interview with McCookerybook & Rotifer, shortly before Christmas, they were setting about navigating the postal services in a race against the Brexit deadline. It was a close-run thing, and my copy of the vinyl arrived safely before Britain shut its doors on its European neighbours.

In the first part of this interview, we learned about the making of the EP and how Brexit and the hidden political narrative were advancing while we were distracted by the pandemic influenced its lyrical narrative.

This was, however, the first chance Robert Rotifer and Helen McCookerybook had to speak to one another since they’d finished recording over the summer. Although their respective homes in Barnet, North London and Canterbury, Kent wouldn’t normally be too far apart, during the pandemic, the necessary journey around the M25 wasn’t feasible. It wasn’t, therefore, a conventional interview, as they both asked each other questions, reflections on their motivations and discussed what made them want to work together.” … continued

Doris, Doris and Doris of the band I, Doris host the 9th episode of the Dorising podcast. With guests:

Charley Stone (Salad, Desperate Journalist, all the bands)
Helen McCookerybook (The Chefs, Helen and the Horns)
Jo D’Arc (The Twistettes, Minerva Wakes)
Dorising about songwriting, home recording and music production, and Doris’ new job running an NHS vaccination centre.

With music from I, Doris, Charley Stone, The Chefs, The Twistettes, Helen McCookerybook (live performance), and Nervous Twitch.

dorising.podbean.com/e/the-dorising-podcast-%e2%80%93-episode-9-with-charley-stone-helen-mccookerybook-and-jo-darc/

Gideon Coe BBC Radio 6: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000rnc4