Due to an editing error, a feature said the Edinburgh University group Footlights was a source of the Fringe’s student comedic talent. In fact, this Footlights is a musical theatre group, and the intended reference was to the Cambridge University society of the same name, that established a tradition of performing at the Edinburgh Fringe festival (‘This used to be a place to mess around’, 20 August, G2, p6).

Sacha Baron Cohen’s character Ali G debuted in 1998, not 20 years ago (Diary, 29 August, p39).

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