Matthew d’Ancona tells me “Zionists” are a subset of Jews (Just when we need it, irony has deserted our politics, Journal, 27 August). There was I thinking they were a subset of nationalists and included some Jews, some evangelical Christians and some other nationalists. I must be more careful in the language I use when supporting human rights for all.
Dr Jim Paris
Preston
• Re the Kalashnikov car (Report, 24 August), though the Udmurt-built Izh Combi may be unknown here, it evolved from the Moskvich 408 saloon, which enjoyed limited sales success in the UK in the early 1970s.
Lewis Burrell
Risca, Newport
• As a librarian, I enjoyed reading about the Guardian archive (Membership, 25 August). I did wonder, however, if the paper employed unstable as well as stable staff in 1921.
Justin Furlong
Dublin
• After a prolonged absence we once again have a picture of Mrs May entering her parish church (27 August). A return to normal service?
Peter Munro
Congleton, Cheshire
• Re recent correspondence about Denis Healey (Letters, passim), a contemporary of his still helps me with wiring a plug. I repeat the mantra “George Brown is a live wire” until everything is right.
David Stephenson
Barrow-upon-Humber, Lincolnshire
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