The riots that raged through the UK earlier this year and the more recent anti-capitalism demonstration at St. Paul's Cathedral have revealed the prescience of Gavin James Bower's second novel, Made in Britain, injecting the book's marketing campaign with a degree of focus it might otherwise have lacked.

We all enjoyed it; everyone had their opinions on how Hackney was portrayed. But from my personal experience, there are more young people in Hackney striving for success than are in gangs. It was a good watch and I enjoyed it for what it was - I can relate to some of the issues and the barriers young people face.

Monday night saw the first instalment of Top Boy, Channel 4's drama being hyped as the UK's answer to The Wire. For those emerging from under a st...