• An article reported Sir Mark Rowley as saying that it was “crazy” that as the Metropolitan police commissioner he was unable to sack “toxic” officers suspected of serious crimes. In fact, his remarks related to officers who had broken the law. Also, we said the Met “admitted last month it was investigating 1,000 sexual and domestic abuse claims involving about 800 of its officers”. To clarify: the cases are from the past 10 years and the Met says they are “being reviewed to make sure the appropriate decisions were made” (Revealed: one in 100 police faced criminal charge in 2022, 26 February, p13 from p1).
• Kate Forbes MSP is a member of the Free Church of Scotland, not the “Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland” (Politicians have the right to strong religious views. But not to be shielded from scrutiny, 26 February, p37).
• Misspelt names: the film director Chantal Akerman’s surname was given as “Ackerman” (Guys, length isn’t everything when it comes to film-making, 26 February, p43), while the previous week Danish writer Tove Ditlevsen became “Ditlevson” (Em Strang: ‘Stories of healing are almost religious to me’, New Review, p37), the conductor Georg Solti’s first name became “George” (Note-perfect evocation of sensory delights, New Review, p33), and the Italian Renaissance master Giorgio Vasari was “Georgio” (Heavens above…, p9).
• In this column last week we mistakenly referred to Bury New Road in Manchester as “Bury New Street” (For the record, 26 February, p42).
• Other recently amended articles include:
Depth of NHS crisis is revealed by coroners’ courts reports
Kino, Leeds: ‘Expect dramatic bursts of harissa and tahini’ – restaurant review
Nigel Slater’s recipe for chocolate espresso mousse with praline
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