Sir Arthur C Clarke dies

Science fiction writer Sir Arthur C Clarke has died in Sri Lanka at the age of 90.

The author shot to fame in 1968 when short story The Sentinel was made into the film 2001: A Space Odyssey by director Stanley Kubrick.

With its mysterious monoliths, the psychopathic Hal 2000 computer and a final sequence which baffled many cinema-goers, 2001 quickly established itself as a cult classic.

Sir Arthur's vision of future space travel and computing captured the popular imagination.