Horn sweet Horn for an icon of 80s

Producer goes back to North East roots

- JEREMY ARMSTRONG

THE record producer who "invented the 80s" has returned to his boyhood home - and recalled his days reading the Daily Mirror.

Trevor Horn worked with pop giants Rod Stewart, Paul McCartney, Grace Jones, ABC and Frankie Goes to Hollywood, and later Robbie Williams.

The son of double bass player John "Bob" Robert and full-time mum Betty, he was brought up in the tiny mining community of in Co Durh Moorsley in Co Durham, into a family of extraordinary talent.

Brother Ken produced hit BBC series Line of Duty while sister Marjorie DeLuca is a writer.