• The Labour MP who, in the liaison committee meeting of 6 July, asked Boris Johnson for a “yes or a no” answer about meeting Alexander Lebedev without officials, was Diana Johnson, not Meg Hillier (“Johnson, Lebedev and me...”, 17 July, p31). The article also said Yvette Cooper was the shadow defence secretary; she is the shadow home secretary.
• In today’s pre-printed New Review section, a review of Much Ado About Nothing incorrectly identifies the actor mentioned for her performance as a maid; the part is played by Phoebe Horn (“Delicious ado about nothing”, p35).
• A headline (“Dame Dorries? PM’s plan would leave a byelection booby trap”, 17 July, p7) was liable to confuse readers about Boris Johnson’s reported intentions. The article said it was “understood that he wants to hand peerages” to two MPs, including the culture secretary, Nadine Dorries. As a peer she would be Lady Dorries (or Baroness Dorries, although Observer house style prefers the former).
• An article (“No medals, but glory at last for the female Battle of Britain pilots”, 10 July, p16) contained some errors based on information provided to the Observer. Dolores Moggridge was born in 1920, meaning she was neither 18 when she joined the Air Transport Auxiliary in 1940, nor 81 when she died in 2004; she flew 83, not 82, types of warplane; and Dora Lang was, in fact, married.
Other recently amended articles include:
• Civil service: ‘Johnson can’t hand top police job to friend’
• London’s Oxford Street: from retail heaven to candy store hell
Write to the Readers’ Editor, the Observer, York Way, London N1 9GU, email observer.readers@observer.co.uk, tel 020 3353 4736
