Welcome to another semi-regular Guide mailbag issue, in which we answer your burning cultural questions – thanks to everyone who sent one in! This week: the politics of band tees, where to get your trashy legal drama fix, and the state of “state of the nation” dramas.
Where is the next big state of the nation drama coming from? Our Friends in the North was released the year before New Labour came to power – can we expect something similar analysing the austerity years? Or, in the competitive streaming age, is even the BBC limited to addressing these issues obliquely in crime dramas like Sherwood and Happy Valley? – Richard Hamilton
