Wednesday, October 8, 2025

Corrections and clarifications

Brian Patten

• There were several name errors in our obituary of Brian Patten. The poet’s mother was known by her second name, Stella, rather than her first, Irene; ​and Bevan was ​not her birth name but her surname after her second marriage. ​Also, his father’s name was Arthur, rather than Frederick​; and the teacher who gave encouragement was Eric, rather than Harry, Sutcliffe (2 October, Journal, p10).

• Other recently amended articles include:

The Pushkin job: unmasking the thieves behind an international rare books heist

Supermoon on the horizon: how Australians can experience the ‘harvest moon’

‘People screamed. Cried. Threw up’: 10 extraordinary life lessons from Ozzy Osbourne’s new memoir

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