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Clive Sinclair

October 2023

  • A poster for Baker Electrics

    Shock of the old
    Shock of the old: the amazing, infuriating history of the electric car – in pictures

    Believe it or not, battery-powered vehicles have been around since Victorian times – everything from private automobiles to taxis, ambulances and tricycles. We’ve got the photos to prove it

June 2023

  • The Sinclair ZX Spectrum.

    I tried to explain the ZX Spectrum to my son. It didn’t go well

    Dominik Diamond
    The parents of the home computer gamers of the 1980s presumably hoped we’d become programmers or accountants, but instead their kids ended up like me

September 2021

  • Sir Clive Sinclair displaying a gold Sinclair calculator in 2006.

    Sir Clive Sinclair obituary

    Inventor who brought pocket calculators and the earliest accessible computers into British homes
  • Clive Sinclair British entrepreneur inventor holding his newly developed ZX Spectrum home computer<br>AC5NK9 Clive Sinclair British entrepreneur inventor holding his newly developed ZX Spectrum home computer

    Clive Sinclair and the offbeat brilliance of the ZX Spectrum

    The affordability of Sinclair’s revolutionary 1982 home computer let a generation of young bedroom coders make anarchic, punky games, and its hardware limitations merely fostered extra creativity
  • Sir Clive Sinclair in a C5

    Home computing pioneer Sir Clive Sinclair dies aged 81

    Creator of the landmark ZX Spectrum and the less commercially successful C5 died after a long illness

September 2020

  • a Commodore VIC-20 and accessories at a vintage computing festival.

    The 20 greatest home computers – ranked!

    They seemed like the future … and here we are. We remember the key PC machines that inspired a generation of gamers and programmers

January 2018

  • Sir Clive Sinclair demonstrating his C5 battery-pedal-powered trike at Alexandra Palace in London circa 1985.

    From the Guardian archive
    Sinclair C5 electric trike goes on sale – archive, 1985

    11 January 1985:The battery–powered tricycle developed by British inventor Clive Sinclair has been given the green light for road use by the Department of Transport

July 2015

  • The original 1980s Sinclair ZX Spectrum, which is due to be revived.

    Shortcuts
    Whatever happened to the 'JD Salinger of gaming'?

    Matt Smith invented Manic Miner for ZX Spectrum … then disappeared

August 2014

  • SpeccyJam

    SpeccyJam – and the everlasting appeal of the ZX Spectrum

    Starting on Friday, the annual SpeccyJam challenges coders to create new games in the style of classic Spectrum titles. Why? By Keith Stuart

April 2012

  • ZX Spectrum Google doodle

    ZX Spectrum and St George's Day celebrated in Google doodle

    The search engine's latest doodle commemorates the 30th anniversary of the release of the British computer

March 2012

  • bbc micro

    The networker
    The BBC Micro can still teach us a lot

    The BBC Micro taught a generation of teenagers the joys of programming. It's time to re-engineer such a revolution, writes John Naughton

August 2010

  • Sir Clive and Angie Sinclair

    Lost in showbiz
    Clive Sinclair's wife Angie speaks about Robbie Williams

    Lady Sinclair recalls her date with the Take That star and wishes him well with his marriage

May 2010

  • Sir Tim Berners-Lee

    Technology blog
    Turing is thrashing Sir Tim as films promote computer pioneers

    The BCS is trying to raise the profile of IT workers with a campaign based on Information Pioneers. Five will be featured in short films that will be shown on the website, which went live today

February 2010

  • sir-clive-sinclair

    Sir Clive Sinclair: "I don't use a computer at all"

    Sir Clive Sinclair tells Simon Garfield about inspiration, determination and why he doesn't do email…

October 2009

  • In praise of ...
    In praise of... Sir Clive Sinclair

  • MICRO MEN

    TV ratings: Micro Men peaks at more than half a million viewers

  • MICRO MEN

    Games blog
    Micro Men preview

  • alexander armstrong micro men

    Micro Men brings Clive Sinclair's ZX Spectrum back to our TV screens

June 2009

  • Sir Clive

    Games blog
    BBC Four announces eighties computing drama

    Just when you were thinking, 'why oh why are there no drama-documentaries about rivalries in the burgeoning home computer sector?' BBC Four has only gone and announced one. Expected to be broadcast later this year, Syntax Era (get it?!) charts the rivalry between Sir Clive Sinclair and Chris Curry, the former colleagues who went on to launch the ZX Spectrum and BBC Micro respectively

July 2006

  • The bicycle that thinks it's a push chair

    Will Sir Clive Sinclair's latest invention - the fold-up bicycle - prove to be a hit? James Sturcke saddles up to find out.

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