Bernard Levin(1928-2004)

He was famous for his Times column which he wrote between 1971 and 1997, and also wrote for the Spectator, Daily Mail and the Daily Express. Ill health forced him to scale back his commitments, but he continued to contribute pieces to The Times until July 1998.

"Close Encounters Of The Third Kind" is a film that lingers on the retina of the mind like the image of a light stared at before the eyes are closed. And the reason is that it offers, in addition to great technical skill and great cinematic excitement, a view, and a view, moreover, of great richness and plausibility.