• An article (“Writers rebel at Royal Society’s challenge to ‘old, entitled’ members”, 28 January, p9) referred to a “string of resignations” at the Royal Society of Literature (RSL), and described the author Piers Paul Read’s departure as “recent”. In fact, Read resigned his fellowship in 2018, and, while a number of members have informed the Observer that they are considering leaving, the RSL told us after publication that only one other fellow has resigned. The article also erred in suggesting that a change to the method for electing fellows, in which the public will be invited to nominate writers, would replace the requirement for a candidate to have produced at least two works of outstanding literary merit; this criterion will remain in the new process.
• An article about the publication of images of Jewish families in Breslau, now Wrocław in Poland, referred to an expulsion on 9 April 1942 and said it was “unknown whether anyone survived”. In fact, two people survived. Also the research project #LastSeen, which has made the images available, is international, not German. “Clandestine photos that tell of the Holocaust’s upheaval and terror”, 28 January, p4.
• An interview with Mansoor Hamayan, the co-founder and chief executive of Bboxx, was accompanied by an image captioned as showing the company’s technology. In fact, the photograph featured the product of another company, Sun Culture (31 December, p54).
• The concluding episode of BBC One’s two-part series Putin vs the West: At War will be shown tomorrow, not on Wednesday as stated in last week’s TV listings (“Pick of the day”, New Review, p48).
• Other recently amended articles include:
‘Work needs rest and rest takes work’: fatigue specialist Vincent Deary on coping with life
Bali Satay House, London: ‘Deserves all the good words’ – restaurant review
• Write to the Readers’ Editor, the Observer, York Way, London N1 9GU, email observer.readers@observer.co.uk, tel 020 3353 4736
