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The MSO's Gossip Columnist
Mark Horton
(b1950)
Editor of Bridge
Magazine since 1995.
Chief Editor to the World Bridge
Federation & the European Bridge League. Works free-lance on all
aspects of bridge. One of the founders of Five
Aces Books, the UK's newest bridge book publishers. His
latest book, The Mammoth Book of Bridge, is already a best seller
on both sides of the Atlantic, and he is currently working on five
new titles, three of which will be published this year.
Winner of many UK National Championships
including Crockford's Cup, The Spring Foursomes, the Grandmasters
Pairs & the Life Masters Pairs. Mark has won major events all around
the world, including the Hoechst and the Dunhill Cup. He has represented
England and Great Britain on several occasions. His infrequent appearances
at the table are now mainly overseas, although he does partner Sandra
Landy in the Gold Cup. On a recent trip to America he reached the
final of the prestigious Reisinger
Trophy.
Mark captained Great Britain's women
when they won the Silver Medal in the 1992 Olympiad.
Main Hobbies: Reading, cooking,
theatre, old movies, wine, chess (he was twice British Speed Champion)
& watching sport.
Is married to Vera Nesterovitch,
who has promised him he can have Sky Television for his 60th Birthday!
Lives in Romford, but has plans to move closer to London.
Attributes: Can always raise
a smile, even in adversity, and has a fantastic sense of humour.
Hair now vanished. Tall, and still reasonably slim!
Ambitions: To sail on an exact
replica of Titanic. To drink a bottle of Margaux 1961. To be able
to afford a new BMW.
Editor's Note: Many people
wonder how the nickname "Ratty" came about. Well,
naming no names, many years ago Mark had a girlfriend who called
him "Marky-Mouse". When they eventually parted
company, the lady was none too pleased, and started to refer to
him as "Marky-Rat". Sadly for Mark, this stuck,
gradually becoming shorted to Ratty or (particularly by your
Editor) to Ratty-Darling. We would like to make it quite
clear that this nickname actually has no foundation in truth!
However, people meeting Ratty for the first time do need some forewarning,
because he was born without a volume control and is, without doubt,
one of the noisiest people we know!
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