Dr Ben Horner
@theaudiosphere.bsky.social
Audiodoc maker, hauntology explorer, music & media lecturer, landscape drifter and general arty type. I make imaginary maps of real places. https://theaudiosphere.com
This week's Goodwin Sands podcast (for whom I'm the producer) features lifeboatman Dan Sinclair. He makes a passing reference to one of the exposed shipwrecks on the Sands, the Luray Victory. Quick thread >>
December 5, 2025 at 11:22 AM
This week's Goodwin Sands podcast (for whom I'm the producer) features lifeboatman Dan Sinclair. He makes a passing reference to one of the exposed shipwrecks on the Sands, the Luray Victory. Quick thread >>
This was the first album I bought ever-ever. For those who know the Boo Radleys as *that* song, you're missing out on a shoegaze-reggae-electronica-folk mashup of astonishing ambition. A brilliant example of youthful invention and creativity. Nice to see a retrospective pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
The Boo Radleys: Giant Steps
Read Zach Schoenfeld’s review of the album.
pitchfork.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:07 AM
This was the first album I bought ever-ever. For those who know the Boo Radleys as *that* song, you're missing out on a shoegaze-reggae-electronica-folk mashup of astonishing ambition. A brilliant example of youthful invention and creativity. Nice to see a retrospective pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
Amazing.
Spot Alan Moore in his 6th form Northampton Grammar School photo, taken two days before he was expelled
December 5, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Amazing.
New episode of the Goodwin Sands Oral history project is up. Today is the second of the two RNLI interviews with actual lifeboatmen describing what they do, some of the duties that are required of them, and how important it is to respect the sea.
December 4, 2025 at 9:44 AM
New episode of the Goodwin Sands Oral history project is up. Today is the second of the two RNLI interviews with actual lifeboatmen describing what they do, some of the duties that are required of them, and how important it is to respect the sea.
As someone fascinated by hauntology and the idea of the ghosts of lost futures shaping ideas about where we go from here, this sounds absolutely fascinating. Subscribed.
NEW EPISODE OUT NOW!
David talks to novelist Ian McEwan, who was our first ever guest on PPF, about how the future will view our present once the disasters we are brewing come to pass. A wide-ranging conversation about how past, present and future co-exist in time.
Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
David talks to novelist Ian McEwan, who was our first ever guest on PPF, about how the future will view our present once the disasters we are brewing come to pass. A wide-ranging conversation about how past, present and future co-exist in time.
Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:46 PM
As someone fascinated by hauntology and the idea of the ghosts of lost futures shaping ideas about where we go from here, this sounds absolutely fascinating. Subscribed.
This, my friends, is really cool. Nice work.
This composition had eluded me for nearly a decade, but yesterday I was finally able to capture it. A train rolled through just as the Duquesne Incline was crossing over the tracks in #Pittsburgh, creating a picture perfect winter scene. It was worth the hours and hours I've waited over the years.
December 3, 2025 at 6:42 PM
This, my friends, is really cool. Nice work.
My latest experiment in what a colleague called 'schizocartography' is available for sale. How would you like an imaginary London tubemap but of your favourite Kent towns?*
*specifically Folkestone, that's the new one
www.etsy.com/uk/listing/4...
*specifically Folkestone, that's the new one
www.etsy.com/uk/listing/4...
December 3, 2025 at 5:14 PM
My latest experiment in what a colleague called 'schizocartography' is available for sale. How would you like an imaginary London tubemap but of your favourite Kent towns?*
*specifically Folkestone, that's the new one
www.etsy.com/uk/listing/4...
*specifically Folkestone, that's the new one
www.etsy.com/uk/listing/4...
Went to Port Lympne Illuminated last night (it's a zoo outside Hythe on the SE coast which has been lit up to make a Christmas wonderland for kids, sort of thing) and not only was it excellent but there were accidental hauntings by terrifying stone people
December 2, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Went to Port Lympne Illuminated last night (it's a zoo outside Hythe on the SE coast which has been lit up to make a Christmas wonderland for kids, sort of thing) and not only was it excellent but there were accidental hauntings by terrifying stone people
I teach music and media in local universities, mostly musicology and podcasting, so:
"What instrument do you teach?"
"None, music analysis is my area"
*blank looks*
"You know, like why we as humans like music and stuff"
"Huh. Why do we then?" (well, turns out it's complicated)
"What instrument do you teach?"
"None, music analysis is my area"
*blank looks*
"You know, like why we as humans like music and stuff"
"Huh. Why do we then?" (well, turns out it's complicated)
What’s the worst question someone can ask after you tell them your profession? For linguists, it’s definitely “how many languages do you speak?”, but I’m curious what else is happening to the rest of y’all out there?!
December 1, 2025 at 11:04 PM
I teach music and media in local universities, mostly musicology and podcasting, so:
"What instrument do you teach?"
"None, music analysis is my area"
*blank looks*
"You know, like why we as humans like music and stuff"
"Huh. Why do we then?" (well, turns out it's complicated)
"What instrument do you teach?"
"None, music analysis is my area"
*blank looks*
"You know, like why we as humans like music and stuff"
"Huh. Why do we then?" (well, turns out it's complicated)
This is the only podcast I actually pay to subscribe to. It's absolutely brilliant, and I will listen to anything Joel and Will do. They tickle my hauntological fancy.
So... what's on the Broken Veil channel so far?
Subscribers get:
- The whole first series ad-free.
- The forthcoming second series EXCLUSIVELY.
- Our companion podcast Discomfort Blanket, looking at weird media of all sorts...
- More exciting stuff we're making right now.
patreon.com/BrokenVeil
Subscribers get:
- The whole first series ad-free.
- The forthcoming second series EXCLUSIVELY.
- Our companion podcast Discomfort Blanket, looking at weird media of all sorts...
- More exciting stuff we're making right now.
patreon.com/BrokenVeil
December 1, 2025 at 4:49 PM
This is the only podcast I actually pay to subscribe to. It's absolutely brilliant, and I will listen to anything Joel and Will do. They tickle my hauntological fancy.
Reposted by Dr Ben Horner
So... what's on the Broken Veil channel so far?
Subscribers get:
- The whole first series ad-free.
- The forthcoming second series EXCLUSIVELY.
- Our companion podcast Discomfort Blanket, looking at weird media of all sorts...
- More exciting stuff we're making right now.
patreon.com/BrokenVeil
Subscribers get:
- The whole first series ad-free.
- The forthcoming second series EXCLUSIVELY.
- Our companion podcast Discomfort Blanket, looking at weird media of all sorts...
- More exciting stuff we're making right now.
patreon.com/BrokenVeil
December 1, 2025 at 2:23 PM
So... what's on the Broken Veil channel so far?
Subscribers get:
- The whole first series ad-free.
- The forthcoming second series EXCLUSIVELY.
- Our companion podcast Discomfort Blanket, looking at weird media of all sorts...
- More exciting stuff we're making right now.
patreon.com/BrokenVeil
Subscribers get:
- The whole first series ad-free.
- The forthcoming second series EXCLUSIVELY.
- Our companion podcast Discomfort Blanket, looking at weird media of all sorts...
- More exciting stuff we're making right now.
patreon.com/BrokenVeil
Reposted by Dr Ben Horner
Even in winter, the wood whispers to tramp its paths. Its Sprites and Woodwose may sleep through days demanding our heaviest coats, but its mysteries do not. Bare branches scratch the low sky and still its mysteries sing. We walk for wonder. We walk for cold magics. – #EmilyCBanting, 1981
November 29, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Even in winter, the wood whispers to tramp its paths. Its Sprites and Woodwose may sleep through days demanding our heaviest coats, but its mysteries do not. Bare branches scratch the low sky and still its mysteries sing. We walk for wonder. We walk for cold magics. – #EmilyCBanting, 1981
For those of you unaware of the Goodwin Sands and how important they are, here's a quick explainer.
They are a pair of hidden sandbanks off the coast of Kent that are hugely important in terms of the sociocultural history of the area. A map:
They are a pair of hidden sandbanks off the coast of Kent that are hugely important in terms of the sociocultural history of the area. A map:
November 26, 2025 at 12:45 PM
For those of you unaware of the Goodwin Sands and how important they are, here's a quick explainer.
They are a pair of hidden sandbanks off the coast of Kent that are hugely important in terms of the sociocultural history of the area. A map:
They are a pair of hidden sandbanks off the coast of Kent that are hugely important in terms of the sociocultural history of the area. A map:
Three eps deep now for the oral history podcast I've been producing, if you want to find it on Spotify then here's the link, folks:
open.spotify.com/show/1nSNely...
#kent #kenthistory #englishchannel #shippingforecast #folklore #dover #deal #ramsgate #canterbury
open.spotify.com/show/1nSNely...
#kent #kenthistory #englishchannel #shippingforecast #folklore #dover #deal #ramsgate #canterbury
Episode 3: Tom Brown
open.spotify.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Three eps deep now for the oral history podcast I've been producing, if you want to find it on Spotify then here's the link, folks:
open.spotify.com/show/1nSNely...
#kent #kenthistory #englishchannel #shippingforecast #folklore #dover #deal #ramsgate #canterbury
open.spotify.com/show/1nSNely...
#kent #kenthistory #englishchannel #shippingforecast #folklore #dover #deal #ramsgate #canterbury
Yesterday I was talking about treasures found in people's gardens I've been working on. Well, how about these for a find this morning?
The owner doesn't know anything about them at all yet he's lived here for 20 years.
The owner doesn't know anything about them at all yet he's lived here for 20 years.
November 25, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Yesterday I was talking about treasures found in people's gardens I've been working on. Well, how about these for a find this morning?
The owner doesn't know anything about them at all yet he's lived here for 20 years.
The owner doesn't know anything about them at all yet he's lived here for 20 years.
Reposted by Dr Ben Horner
"You'll be visited by three spirits."
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
November 24, 2025 at 3:56 PM
"You'll be visited by three spirits."
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
Top 5 odd things I've found in people's gardens:
5. Spoons, mostly teaspoons (people chuck their washing up water out and there's often a spoon still in the water)
4. Complete unbroken hen's eggs. This is foxes saving stuff for later. They will raid a hen house, eat the chickens but stash the eggs
5. Spoons, mostly teaspoons (people chuck their washing up water out and there's often a spoon still in the water)
4. Complete unbroken hen's eggs. This is foxes saving stuff for later. They will raid a hen house, eat the chickens but stash the eggs
November 24, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Top 5 odd things I've found in people's gardens:
5. Spoons, mostly teaspoons (people chuck their washing up water out and there's often a spoon still in the water)
4. Complete unbroken hen's eggs. This is foxes saving stuff for later. They will raid a hen house, eat the chickens but stash the eggs
5. Spoons, mostly teaspoons (people chuck their washing up water out and there's often a spoon still in the water)
4. Complete unbroken hen's eggs. This is foxes saving stuff for later. They will raid a hen house, eat the chickens but stash the eggs
November 24, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Hops put to bed for the winter.
November 24, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Hops put to bed for the winter.
I'm kind of growingly aware that a glossary of seasidey, boaty, Goodwin-Sandsy terms might be of use. Perhaps I'll post up some little extra titbits as we go
#goodwinsands #podcast #kentcoast #englishchannel #psychogeography
#goodwinsands #podcast #kentcoast #englishchannel #psychogeography
November 21, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I'm kind of growingly aware that a glossary of seasidey, boaty, Goodwin-Sandsy terms might be of use. Perhaps I'll post up some little extra titbits as we go
#goodwinsands #podcast #kentcoast #englishchannel #psychogeography
#goodwinsands #podcast #kentcoast #englishchannel #psychogeography
New episode of our little local oral history project is up! This chap Tom Brown was a working fisherman who was asked to sail out the Deal diving club who made a massively important marine archaeological discovery.
November 21, 2025 at 10:40 AM
New episode of our little local oral history project is up! This chap Tom Brown was a working fisherman who was asked to sail out the Deal diving club who made a massively important marine archaeological discovery.
Everyone having a good sing song. What are they chatting about?
November 18, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Everyone having a good sing song. What are they chatting about?
Bramble roots vs cast steel: who will win?
November 18, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Bramble roots vs cast steel: who will win?
Listening with joy to the new @backlisted.bsky.social podcast with @jasonhazeley.bsky.social discussing All The Devils Are Here. It's a brilliant read, and never before have I finished a book which has affected me profoundly but at the same time I've not really been able to describe what it's about
November 17, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Listening with joy to the new @backlisted.bsky.social podcast with @jasonhazeley.bsky.social discussing All The Devils Are Here. It's a brilliant read, and never before have I finished a book which has affected me profoundly but at the same time I've not really been able to describe what it's about
Breakfast time is for proofing my new imaginary tubemap in time for Christmas markets. Just a quick home inkjet print is enough to check for spelling, design, weird stuff errors. Not bad tho, quite pleased with it.
#folkestone #psychogeography #schizocartography #underground #tube #map #kent
#folkestone #psychogeography #schizocartography #underground #tube #map #kent
November 17, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Breakfast time is for proofing my new imaginary tubemap in time for Christmas markets. Just a quick home inkjet print is enough to check for spelling, design, weird stuff errors. Not bad tho, quite pleased with it.
#folkestone #psychogeography #schizocartography #underground #tube #map #kent
#folkestone #psychogeography #schizocartography #underground #tube #map #kent