Songs for our times | Italian emperors | Running through nettles | Tree loss | Tram destination
Never mind John Crace smuggling Bruce Springsteen song titles into his sketches (Letters, 21 June), I would hope that given Monday’s political developments we’ll be seeing the Grateful Dead’s He’s Gone getting an outing.
Gabriel Brodetsky
Marsden, West Yorkshire
• The Italians are still strong contenders for the record of rapid changes of leaders. In AD69 they had four emperors in a single year.
Chris Leyland
Marsden, Huddersfield