The Browser (Books, 21 Oct) was wrong to state that ‘until very recently, HarperCollins had been refusing to publish [Doris] Lessing’s latest book’. HarperCollins say there was never any dispute over a contract for two books from the Nobel prizewinner. The first of these, The Cleft, was published in January. A second, currently nearing completion, will be published next year. Apologies.
‘English Patience’ (Observer Magazine, 21 Oct) quoted a model who said she had been asked ‘to do a striptease’ at a casting for an Orangina shoot. We are happy to make clear that no such casting was held by Orangina or their agencies. Link
