A column headlined “Jeremy Corbyn is being driven by the ‘left-behind’ middle class” (Comment, 17 September) was incorrect to state that a poem in praise of the Labour leader had been read out by a devotee at a meeting of the Hornsey and Wood Green constituency Labour party. We now understand that an attempt was made to read a poem but this was blocked by a councillor who was later deselected and replaced by a Momentum candidate.
Our report on the final of Strictly Come Dancing referred to “what is sadly becoming the annual Strictly race row … despite two past non-white winners”. There have actually been four: Mark Ramprakash, Alesha Dixon, Louis Smith and Ore Oduba (“Holby City star Joe McFadden and Katya Jones march off with Strictly crown”, News, later editions last week, page 5).
A recipe for singed pine custard tart (Food Monthly, last week, page 32) suggested trimming “eight pine twigs” from a Christmas tree to singe before infusing in cream. Christmas trees are almost never pines but usually spruce or fir and they can sometimes be sprayed with pesticides. Make sure you use an edible variety of pine and be careful not confuse pine with yew, which is toxic. Merry Christmas.
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