• An article (“Lord of the ringtones“, 8 December, p34) referred to the Finnish company Nokia as having been “bought out by Microsoft in 2013”. In fact, it was just the company’s mobile and devices division that was sold to Microsoft.
• The Italian ski resort of Sauze d’Oulx is not “at the base of the Bischofsmütze mountain”, which is in Austria (“Go it alone”, 15 December, Magazine, p41).
• An article (“SXSW comes to E1 ... arts and tech fest leaves Austin for a jaunt to Shoreditch“, 15 December, p7) should have made clear that the European version of the South by Southwest (SXSW) festival, due to take place in London next June, is not organised by the same company as the original Austin, Texas, event, but will be produced by the live events company Panarise under licence from SXSW.
• A book review was illustrated by an image captioned as “a Victorian sheet music cover depicting a concert hall ... for a performance of Handel’s Messiah circa 1845. In fact it was for Israel in Egypt at the Handel Festival, Crystal Palace, 1859 (“Hallelujah – a fresh take on the Messiah”, 1 December, New Review, p40).
• An article (“Cambridge’s jail for ‘evil women’ ... locked up to save students’ souls”, 8 December, p14) was accompanied by an image from c1896 and captioned as showing “King’s College and chapel”. The large building to the left of King’s College chapel is in fact Clare College.
• Other recently amended articles include:
Moves to appeal after court upholds ban on naming judges who presided over Sara Sharif hearings
Moving home? Here are the keys to completing before stamp duty rises
Advice ignored by ministers could have blocked Prince Andrew ‘spy’
‘I received a first but it felt tainted and undeserved’: inside the university AI cheating crisis
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