“Pathfinder of the Irish state”, our review of a new book on Éamon de Valera, said he visited the German ambassador in Dublin in 1945 to offer condolences on the death of Hitler. The visit was to the German legation as Germany and Ireland did not have diplomatic relations at ambassadorial level. The piece also said that Churchill attacked de Valera “60 years ago at the end of the Second World War”. That was 70 years ago (New Review, last week, page 38).
Contrary to 10 best theatres, (New Review, last week, page 6), Frank Matcham’s Hackney Empire was not built as a music hall but as a variety theatre that, according to the Frank Matcham Society, offered a very different kind of entertainment, intended for a family audience.
We misnamed the charity Doctors of the World as Doctors without Borders last week. Apologies. (“In a strange city in a foreign land, Amina is ill”, News, page 27).
Our mussels and brussels recipe (Magazine, last week, page 43) began: “Scrub 1kg of mussels, discarding any that are chipped or that fail to open when tapped.” We meant “fail to close”.
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