Kamala Harris is the first woman of colour to become US vice-president, but she is not “the first person of colour” to do so. That honour is claimed by Charles Curtis, a member of the Kaw Nation, who was elected to the post in 1929 to serve under Herbert Hoover (“First the world mocked the chaos, then the congratulations flowed in”, 8 November, page 8).
A list of presidents who lost their re-election campaigns featured William Howard Taft but carried a picture of Woodrow Wilson, who defeated him, (“The one-term presidents”, 8 November, page 6).
Recently discovered love poems by Anthony Burgess are to be published next month in a 450-page book, not a 50-page book as we said (“‘Don’t read Clockwork Orange – it’s a foul farrago,’ wrote Burgess”, 8 November, page 14).
A business editorial said that Opec represents almost three-quarters of global oil production. While Opec accounts for about 80% of proven global oil reserves, its share of production is about 30% (“Now on the horizon: the end of oil and the beginnings of a low-carbon planet”, 1 November, page 54).
An error in the editing process led us to refer to Cressida Dick as the former Metropolitan police commissioner. She is still in that post (“Q and A, Jed Mercurio”, 8 November, page 7, New Review).
Other recently amended articles include:
“Donald Trump refuses to concede defeat as recriminations begin”
“‘Lost’ letters reveal JM Barrie and Robert Louis Stevenson’s mutual affection”
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