We are told that we are living in divided times, but the evidence doesn’t always agree. One recent study by the research group More in Common found that many of these assumptions over the fractures in our social fabric are exaggerated, and more solidarity and agreement exists than we might imagine.
Our history shows how the forces of polarisation have been weaponised to achieve political ends. It was this, rather than any desire to create a traditional crime show, that drove me to write Sherwood, a six-part BBC drama that concluded on television last night, which was set in the north Nottinghamshire community in which I grew up.
