What Nick Harkaway thinks about permitting

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Pen name of Nicholas Cornwell, British novelist; author of The Gone-Away World (2008), Angelmaker, Gnomon (2017) and Karla's Choice (2024), a George Smiley novel.

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1. 11 Jul 2026, 08:27 UTC

   Our readingAdapting old buildings radically to the new climate must take priority over preserving their historic fabric.

   Their wordsInsuring (in many cases, permitting) radical adaptation of old buildings to new climate is going to be a necessary struggle, starting now. The mindset which protects dodgy Victorian brickwork slapped over an older structure as vital architectural history must yield to livability.

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