• An article about Nicolas Sarkozy’s memoir, Le Temps des Combats, said that the former French president had called for Ukraine to accept the Russian occupation of Crimea and other disputed territory, but he did not “defend” Vladimir Putin’s invasion as the headline suggested. As the article reported, Sarkozy says in his book that “Russia has to renounce all military action against its neighbours” (20 August, p32).
• A comment piece (Keir Starmer’s recipe for power is missing some ingredients – confidence and hope, 20 August, p43) said 2019 saw the Labour party’s worst general election result since 1983 when “measured by share of the vote”; the intended reference was to Labour’s share of the vote (32.1%) when compared with that of the Conservatives (43.6%). Labour received a lower overall share of the vote in three other elections between those two dates.
• David Wilson, who wrote a comment piece about Lucy Letby (She confirms yet confounds our ideas of a serial killer, 20 August, p5), is emeritus professor of criminology at Birmingham City University, not Birmingham University as we said.
• The volume of craft cask ale produced between 2019 and 2023 has fallen by 9.1%, not 91% as the text in a graphic said (‘It all disappeared with Brexit’… craft beer boom ends with a hangover, 20 August, p3).
• An article should have referred to the privatisation of water in England, not the UK (‘There are more important things than profit’, 13 August, Magazine, p18).
• Other recently amended articles include:
‘America First 2.0’: Vivek Ramaswamy pitches to be Republicans’ next Trump
The Observer view on the Camp David summit: it signals a new cold war – this time with China
‘He does it with love’: the 32-year-old chef rejoining Raymond Blanc at Le Manoir
No app, no entry: How the digital world is failing the non tech-savvy
‘It feels sinless’: Jay Rayner on why Britain’s ice-cream business is booming
Niger’s coup adds to chaos in the Sahel, but it may also offer some hope
Top 10 places to eat, drink and stay in the Cotswolds
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