An interview with the author Val McDermid misdescribed the words gallus and thrawn – used in McDermid’s latest novel – as “Gaelic”; they are actually Scots vocabulary (“‘You had to be twice as good as the guys’”, 14 February, the New Review, page 37).
An article about couples who wed during the pandemic referred, in one instance, to the occasion taking place at the “register office’’ and in other instances at the “registrar office”. As our style guide notes, the former is correct (“To have and to hold”, 14 February, Magazine, page 17).
A review of One Night in Miami said it imagined Malcolm X, Cassius Clay, Jim Brown and Sam Cooke being brought together to celebrate a Clay victory in 1964. The meeting between the four men did take place in real life; the film speculates on the events that happened there (“History in the making”, 10 January, the New Review, page 26).
Other recently amended articles include:
Fury at ‘do not resuscitate’ notices given to Covid patients with learning disabilities
Don’t mess with Jackie Weaver, boys. She’s got a mute button and knows how to use it
Hold on to your sun hats … how to book a great British summer holiday
Muslim boy, 4, was referred to Prevent over game of Fortnite
Hello, Mr Resident: Is Palm Beach ready for the Trumps to move in?
Now for the nudes: thousands turn to online life drawing
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