For the record

Our list of improbable predictions for 2011 (" Facebook deal tops far-fetched forecasts ", Business) claimed gold would surge from $1,375 to £1,800 "a tonne". Improbable indeed – we meant an ounce. The German FDP party is still in coalition with the Christian Democrats, contrary to " It takes two to tango " (News). Gradgrind is not the headmaster in Dickens's Hard Times ; he is an industrialist. The head is Mr M'Choakumchild (" Taking books from the hands of children ", Editorial). The National Theatre had a triumph with Terence Rattigan's After the Dance , not Design for Living , which is by Noël Coward and was a hit at the Old Vic (" Should the BBC Trust do so much polling? ", Media). " Eyewitness 2010 " (Magazine) on the Pope's visit to Britain said: "... the beatification of Cardinal Newman stands out... as we're probably going to get our first English saint in 500 years." And yet, the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales – executed in England between 1535 and 1679 – were canonised in 1970 by Pope Paul VI. Write to Stephen Pritchard, Readers' Editor, the Observer , Kings Place, 90 York Way, London N1 9GU, tel 0203 353 4656 or email [email protected]