Resumen de "The most awkward building in England"? The "Rotten" heritage of "Tin Pan Alley" revisited

Paul Graves-Brown, John Schofield

• How should we identify, protect and preserve contemporary heritage? Five years ago, comparisons in an Antiquity paper between the �simulations of scenes� drawn on the wall of 6 Denmark Street by John Lydon, during Sex Pistols rehearsals in the 1970s, and the Palaeolithic cave art of Lascaux provoked a strong response. Less contentious was the recent listing of the building, bringing its punk artworks under statutory protection. In this follow-up to their earlier article, the authors review the initial reaction from the media, the public and the artist himself, and consider how attitudes may have shifted. They also offer a novel, �punk�-informed approach to the management of cultural heritage.