John ScanlanJohn Scanlan is a cultural historian and analyst who works with In Certain Places, a public art project based at the University of Lancashire. His previous books include Memory: Encounters with the Strange and the Familiar (2013), Rok ’n’ Roll Plays Itself (2022) and The Idea of Waste: On the Limits of Human Life (2025), all published by Reaktion Books. Read More Read Less