An article referred to Ronan Farrow’s book Catch and Kill as “his Pulitzer prize-winning account of investigating the Weinstein scandal”. In fact, the book followed on from Farrow’s reporting in the New Yorker, for which that publication was honoured by a Pulitzer, shared jointly with the New York Times (“‘Who gets muzzled next?’ Stephen King attacks axing of new Woody Allen book”, 8 March, page 13, News).
An article (“Free school dinners ‘led to fall in childhood obesity rates’”, 8 March, page 12, News) said that a study looked at body mass index data for 16,000 children in primary schools. That should have said data for children in 16,000 primary schools.
The main image of a review of a biography of Eileen Orwell (nee O’Shaughnessy), wife of the novelist George, showed his second wife, Sonia (“An Orwellian nightmare?” 8 March, page 49, New Review).
Other recently amended articles include:
‘For casting purposes I was born in the wrong skin’ – Noughts and Crosses star Paterson Joseph
Yorkshire becomes art destination with radical feminist work on display
How to stop your smart home spying on you
How repellent to damn minorities for not having the ‘right’ politics
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