It is lovely to see an appreciation in the Guardian of the historian Carlo Ginzburg, and you rightly alluded to the murder of his father, Leone, by the fascist regime (Editorial, 22 June). It was disappointing that you did not find space to mention his mother, Natalia, one of the greatest writers of the 20th century in Italian or any language. It was of course she who raised their children, first in internal exile in Abruzzo and later, following their father’s death, in Rome.
Liz Potter
Birmingham

Mick Balfour is right to bring up the Half Man Half Biscuit song All I Want for Christmas is a Dukla Prague Away Kit (Letters, 18 June), but he’s attributed it to the wrong LP. It was of course on their 1987 album Back Again in the DHSS, not their 1985 debut Back in the DHSS. An important distinction.
Peter Collins
London

Though I have long since retired as a GP, it was standard practice then, when testing someone’s memory, to ask them to recall the name of the current prime minister. I suspect this would no longer be a valid question.
Anne Spargo
Upper Colwall, Herefordshire

First photo of Andy Burnham holding a pint (Burnham must be upfront about tax or risk spooking the bond markets, 21 June). Please make it the last – it is just too Farage-like.
Rhys Harrison
Llandudno, Conwy

Never mind the year of the four emperors, AD69 (Letters, 23 June). What about the year of the five emperors, AD193, in which five men claimed to be Roman emperor.
Prof John Galloway
Croxley Green, Hertfordshire