• The headline of an article, Revealed: farmers received just 0.44% of post-Brexit payments last year (12 February, p6), did not intend to suggest that only this percentage of the government’s overall £2.4bn budget for agricultural support in England was distributed. The article referred to the sustainable farming incentive (SFI) – one of the schemes launched to replace a 22% cut in direct subsidies since Brexit – which saw a sum equivalent to just 0.44% of the farming budget paid out in 2022. Meanwhile, around £1.65bn was paid in direct subsidies. This ought to have been clearer.
• The Black Sabbath guitarist is Tony Iommi; however, the text and photo caption of an article gave his first name as “Tommy” and “Tommi” respectively (Notebook, 12 February, p36).
• A review of the Wondery podcast Stolen Hearts omitted scriptwriter credits for Tom Wright and Anna Sinfield, alongside Kim MacAskill whom the piece did name (12 February, the New Review, p31).
• In Nigel Slater’s recipe for spicy aubergine stew (12 February, Magazine, p20), we neglected to say when the grilled aubergines should be added to the pot; it is just before the wine and the stock.
• Other recently amended articles include:
Quarter of a million children enter secondary school without basic maths and English
Climate crisis fuels new wave of TV ‘eco thrillers’
‘A beautiful outpouring of rage’: did Britain’s biggest ever protest change the world?
Berlin’s plan for a car-free city prompts bitter war of words
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