Letter: If London’s great fire led to building code changes
After the Great Fire of 1666 the City of London banned straw thatched roofs. Almost all the houses lost in Los Angeles (FT View, January 16) were of wooden construction, with often only the brick ...
Letter: Will social media oligarchs kowtow even further?
Several of your correspondents have drawn attention to how the social media oligarchs are kowtowing to Donald Trump even before his inauguration ( Report, January 15).
Letter: AI policy requires achievable goals, not rhetorical superlatives
A credible strategy built on achievable goals, rather than rhetorical superlatives, is the only way to ensure Britain’s relevance in the global AI ecosystem. The window of opportunity is closing, and ...
Letter: Too much Musk meddling
As Elon Musk begins to study “the mother of parliaments” and how he might oust Sir Keir Starmer as prime minister, we can only hope that he will realise it is the citizens of a democracy, as opposed ...
Letter: Offer coffee farmers long-term contracts
From Daan Wensing, CEO and Chair of the Executive Board, The Sustainable Trade Initiative (IDH), Utrecht, The Netherlands ...