Our critic mistakenly said that an ice age "marked the death of the dinosaurs," rather than their advent. In fact, neither is true. The text of the review has been updated. Link
*Correction July 3: Speaking of failure, the word "Jurassic" was misspelled in this headline. It has been corrected. Thanks, Kate!
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
