Nik Horne

Nik Horne

@nikhorne.com

Autistic person with fibromyalgia and type 1 diabetes. Bad pun reply guy. T-shirt grifter. From Saltburn (the town, not the film). Mostly harmless, I hope. Retired BBC online engineer. (He/him.) http://nikstshirts.com https://beebthings.redbubble.com

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Nik Horne
@nikhorne.com

If you EVER find that you’re asking yourself this question, I have two answers for you: nikhorne.redbubble.com and beebthings.redbubble.com

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The Guardian@theguardian.com

‘What the hell should I wear?’ The style challenges of a fortysomething man

theguardian.com‘What the hell should I wear?’ The style challenges of a fortysomething manThe certainties of youth are slipping away and I find myself in something of a clothing identity crisis. It doesn’t help that what’s ‘cool’ is increasingly hard to pin down. So where does that leave an average bloke just hoping for the best?
Nik Horne
@nikhorne.com

I don’t remember ever not knowing. But I feel more aware of it every day. Quite tiring.

Gail Simone@gailsimone.bsky.social

QUESTION OF THE DAY: This sounds like a joke question, but it isn’t. If it doesn’t apply to you, fine. But it’s a serious question with different levels of meaning. And I am genuinely curious. When did you first realize you were weird?

Nik Horne
@nikhorne.com

Sudden urge to edit every instance of “shut your mouth” in How Soon is Now, and replace them with Frankie Howerd saying “shut your face!”

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Justin Lewis
@whenisbirths.bsky.social

Podcasters, radio shows, interviewers: email me (see bio) if you’d like to book me to talk about and around my acclaimed and reasonably successful 80s pop history book!

Justin Lewis@whenisbirths.bsky.social

My 80s pop history book, #IntoTheGroove: '...tells pop's never-ending story brilliantly.' DAVID QUANTICK 'Like a treasure chest of pop riches.' SAMIRA AHMED 'It reminded me of how much I loved the 1980s.' GIDEON COE 'A delightful, curious compendium.' JUDE ROGERS eandtbooks.com/books/into-t...

Nik Horne
@nikhorne.com

A current member of Parliament once gave an impressive karaoke performance of ‘Where's Me Jumper’ by the Sultans of Ping FC, in my (then) flat.

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social

Tell me a story about yourself that sounds like a lie but is actually true

Nik Horne
@nikhorne.com

Listening to the Rubber Soul boxed set. Fuck me the Beatles were good, weren’t they? #LateReview

Nik Horne
@nikhorne.com

I done did a version of that t-shirt: www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1844...

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Unofficial Guardian (UK) Bot@guardian-uk-rss.bsky.social

Ready to knock? Play School returns as BBC pushes quality children’s programming

theguardian.comReady to knock? Play School returns as BBC pushes quality children’s programmingTV heads hope the revamped show – back after four decades – will win over parents seeking quality shows amid concerns about addictive online content

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Matt Anniss
@sellbydave.bsky.social

Pet Shop Boys first remix album, Disco, turns 40 next month. That gave me an excuse to revisit and re-contextualise it, musing on the evolution of the remix album and the relationship between dance and pop in the 80s. jointhefuture.net/2026/09/23/r...

jointhefuture.netPet Shop Boys 'Disco' remix album re-appraised and re-contextualisedDance music historian Matt Anniss revisits Pet Shop Boys 1986 remix album 'Disco', exploring its place in the evolution of the remix album - and the English synth-pop duo's catalogue

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Vaun Earl Norman
@vaun.bsky.social

Yes im a clown. But hopefully soon a clown on a mobility scooter. Please find the time to share. I understand how hard it is nowadays with the cost of living being so hard on people. So if you can't donate then sharing is brilliantly helpful. gofund.me/d1b132aae

Nik Horne
@nikhorne.com

iCloud email just put an email from my wife (whose account is part of the same shared iCloud family account, and is on the same domain name as mine) into ‘Junk’. In other news, I’m not ready to fully trust Apple Intelligence.

Nik Horne
@nikhorne.com

It seems to be in danger of becoming taken as read that AI will, sooner rather than later, kill us all, with the question being not if, or even when, humanity will be wiped out by our silicon overlords, but how. While this has the hilarious consequence of turning the planet into one huge…

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Nik Horne
@nikhorne.com

It seems to be in danger of becoming taken as read that AI will, sooner rather than later, kill us all, with the question being not if, or even when, humanity will be wiped out by our silicon overlords, but how. While this has the hilarious consequence of turning the planet into one huge…

Nik Horne
@nikhorne.com

…instalment in the Final Destination franchise, I tend to subscribe more to the theory offered by Douglas Adams, in his speculative science fiction, that rather than ending the human race, technology will be content just to annoy the living fuck out of us. Forever. With increasing chummy intensity.