IN MEMORY OF SIR CLIVE SINCLAIR
Sir Clive Sinclair barely needs an introduction. Not in a magazine such as this nor, dare we say, even in the wider world. Many people could talk about at least one of the many products the eccentric entrepreneur oversaw. “He was the classic British inventor,” says Graeme Devine who is best known for developing the interactive CD-ROM bestseller The 7th Guest. “He saw a need and invented it whether it was time to invent it or not.”
Sir Clive sadly passed away on 16 September this year but his legacy lives deep in many a memory. To one of his three children, Belinda Sinclair, he was “a rather amazing person” who was “so clever” and “always interested in everything”. To the chief executive of Microsoft, Satya Nadella, his ZX80 was the device that sparked a passion for engineering. “Your innovations democratised computing and inspired so many, including myself,” he wrote on Twitter.
But it would seem Sir Clive was destined to make an impact. Born on 30 July 1940 to mechanical engineer George Sinclair and Thora Marles, he was an intelligent, gifted and driven child, excelling in pure and
