• The French town where the schoolteacher Samuel Paty was murdered in 2020 is Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, which we misspelled as “Conflans-Saint-Honore” (“Pupil’s father on trial for spreading lies that led to teacher’s murder”, 3 November, p31).
• The BBC’s senior US correspondent Gary O’Donoghue was born in London, not Norfolk as we said in last week’s Q and A interview, owing to an editing error (New Review, p7).
• Ashford and St Peter’s NHS Trust is in Surrey, not Kent (“A picture of health: how paintings in hospitals can help patients feel better”, 3 November, p18).
• In reference to Moore’s Law, an article said it was Gordon Moore’s observation that the number of transistors on an integrated circuit (computer chip) had been “doubling every year” since 1965; this meant to say “doubling every two years” (“Better, faster, stronger? Why tech titans’ trust in turbocharged computer power may be misplaced”, 3 November, New Review, p25).
Other recently amended articles include:
• King and Prince William’s estates ‘making millions from charities and public services’
• Schools in England boost maternity pay to stem exodus of female teachers in their 30s
• Away with the fairies: magic and mystery at a unique festival
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