A mis-spelling raised the startling prospect that participants in reality TV shows could be sources for revered works to guide us all. In fact, the person we quoted had referred to the participants as cannon fodder, not canon fodder (“This much I know”, Magazine, last week, page 11).
The stock market value of Apple should have been printed as £579bn, not million (Business, “Apple just can’t make iPhones for ever. The intriguing question will be what comes next”, page 40).
A report about the 50th anniversary celebration in Liverpool of the release of the Beatles’ album Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band referred to the late John Cage instead of the John Cage Trust. Mr Kite’s Musicircus! by performers of Liverpool with the John Cage Trust will be at Aintree racecourse on 4 June.
A 19th-century circus poster inspired the lyrics for the Beatles’ song Being for the Benefit of Mr Kite!, which is in turn the inspiration for the event (News, last week, “They got by with a little help from their friend: artist’s tribute to Beatles manager”, page 5).
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