A reader has expressed disappointment that the Guardian's editorial on historian Carlo Ginzburg failed to mention his mother, Natalia Ginzburg, whom they describe as "one of the greatest writers of the 20th century in Italian or any language." The letter, from Liz Potter of Birmingham, highlights that Natalia Ginzburg raised her children alone after her husband Leone Ginzburg was murdered by the fascist regime, first in internal exile in Abruzzo and later in Rome.
Half Man Half Biscuit Album Correction
In a separate letter, Peter Collins of London corrects a previous correspondent who attributed the Half Man Half Biscuit song "All I Want for Christmas is a Dukla Prague Away Kit" to the wrong album. Collins notes the song appears on the 1987 album Back Again in the DHSS, not the 1985 debut Back in the DHSS, calling the distinction "important."
Memory Test and Political Figures
Anne Spargo, a retired GP from Upper Colwall, Herefordshire, remarks that asking patients to recall the current prime minister was once standard practice for memory tests, but she suspects this question is no longer valid.
Andy Burnham and Roman Emperors
Rhys Harrison of Llandudno, Conwy, criticizes a photo of Andy Burnham holding a pint, calling it "too Farage-like" and urging it be the last such image. Meanwhile, Prof John Galloway of Croxley Green, Hertfordshire, notes that AD69 was not the only year of multiple emperors; AD193 saw five claimants to the Roman throne.
