I'm sorry, I'll read that again

[shewhomust]

From the Guardian's Corrections and Clarifications column:

A review of Peggy Seeger's memoir quotes her description of her early impressions of Ewan MacColl and how they fell in love, saying he had a "hairy, fat, naked belly poking out, and was clad in ill-fitting trousers, suspenders, no shirt, a ragged jacket and a filthy lid of stovepipe hat aslant like a garbage can". The context we omitted was that MacColl was appearing in a production of The Threepenny Opera (First Time Ever, 30 December, page 5, Review).

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[lamentables]

We had a good giggle over that this morning.

[shewhomust]

A classic Grauniad moment!

[sovay]

The context we omitted was that MacColl was appearing in a production of The Threepenny Opera (First Time Ever, 30 December, page 5, Review).

I bet he was a great Street Singer!

[shewhomust]

Irresistible, evidently!

[asakiyume]

That's a pretty big omission, Guardian! (Hilarious--thanks very much for sharing!)

[shewhomust]

Too good not to share...

[cellio]

Context matters! Thanks for the laugh.

[shewhomust]

You're welcome! (That's probably a phatic utterance, by the way...)

[larryhammer]

Heeeeee~!

[shewhomust]

I couldn't have put it better myself!