I have been sent a copy of Libby Purves’s exceptionally sensible and level-headed article in this morning’s Times, which I was for some reason able to read online (We squander our heritage in wasteful demolitions (thetimes.co.uk).

It puts the case very clearly. Not everyone loves the existing Marks and Spencer building in Oxford Street, but this is no reason to knock it down. Most people, especially the next generation of young architects, accept that we need to change our views towards wasteful and unnecessary demolition, but not apparently Marks and Spencer, who have been jubilant at the recent decision of the high court, which I hope may have alienated some of their customers.