• The surname of the American-Thai comedian Cam Gavinski was twice misspelt (Laughing through the pain as fringe comics relive their true-life traumas, 20 August, p22). Ania Magliano’s first name was also misspelt, and her show does not look at “her hidden bisexuality” – coming out was the topic of last year’s show – but instead is about emotional recovery. And Avital Ash’s show workshops her suicide note, not “worships her suicide note” as a picture caption said.
• Owing to an editing error, an article (What next for all those missing treasures? Ask the art detectives, 27 August, p36) quoted Christopher Marinello, the CEO of Art Recovery International, as saying: “I’m still finding things for Swedish museums – it’s been almost 20 a year.” What he said was: “and it’s been almost 20 years”. Also, Christos Tsirogiannis is no longer a forensic archaeologist with Trafficking Culture but a Unesco-related expert on illicit antiquities at the Ionian University in Corfu.
• Klaus Mäkelä, the Finnish conductor of the Oslo Philharmonic, was misdescribed as Norwegian in the subheading of a review of the orchestra’s Edinburgh festival performance. (Northern Lights, 27 August, New Review, p31). The article was also clarified with regard to the acoustic design of the Philharmonie, Paris.
• An article (Caught on film: Daisy’s fight for children of rape told in TV drama, 27 August, p22) referred to the producer Krishnendu Majumdar as the outgoing Bafta chair, rather than a former chair and misnamed his production company’s TV drama I am Ruth as My Name is Ruth. Also, the Toronto International film festival was called the Toronto film festival.
• An article about Niall Harbison’s dog rescue inKoh Samui, Thailand (‘I couldn’t just ignore them...’, 27 August, Magazine, p17) incorrectly suggested he was sterilising stray dogs himself and at a rate of 100 dogs an hour; in fact, he pays local vets to perform the operations and says they complete about 100-200 a month.
• Other recently amended articles include:
Ben Pattison overcomes heart condition to claim world 800m bronze
Children reaching UK in small boats sent to jail that houses adult sex offenders
How to stay cool without air con – and help take some heat off the planet
Homeowners left out of pocket after two-year delays at UK Land Registry
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