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The Long Shot: The Inside Story of the Race to Vaccinate Britain

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Two years on, Bingham is as aware of the fights she lost as those she won. When she took the role, Johnson gave her three objectives. To secure vaccines for the UK; to ensure shots were distributed equitably worldwide; and to make the country more resilient for next time.

Every literary festival stays in an author’s mind for slightly individual reasons. I shall remember the Oxford festival for: Unless she had insisted on directly reporting to the Prime Minister when she took the job, she “probably wouldn’t have succeeded, because there would have been too many people in the chain telling us we couldn’t do it”. It was a condition she had discussed with her husband, the Conservative MP Jesse Norman, who managed the furlough scheme as financial secretary to the Treasury. The pair soon became known as “Mr Tax and Mrs Vax”.I came away buzzing and reassured that we still have in this century a wide ranging community fascinated not just by famous authors (I’ve rarely seen so many concentrated in one place) but by challenging ideas and questions.

We were relying on the likes of a bomb disposal experts, an Indian rowing star, an Italian consultant, a submarine delivery agent, a former ambassador, a football pundit and a venture capitalist to get the UK out of the pandemic,” Bingham jokes. Of course, many had other skills – the football pundit, for instance, happened to be Jonathan Van Tam. Bodleian Guides Literary Oxford with the Bodleian Weston Library Steps 1:00pm Fri 31 Friday, 31 March 2023 See this event

Alessandro Gallenzi Written in Water: John Keats’s Final Journey Weston Lecture Theatre 12:00pm Fri 31 Friday, 31 March 2023 See this event But, as she works her way through the list, Bingham has saved her “biggest gripe” for last: leadership, expertise, and a reversion to an “adversarial” relationship with industry since her exit. Then one day, when he came to do the windows, he asked ‘can I say something?’ I said yes of course. And he just replied ‘f---ing good job’. And I just thought that was the best thing ever.” He also knew that he’d always win in a verbal punch-up with the mild-mannered Alok Sharma, who was nowhere near as aggressive – and certainly insufficiently devious to take on the health secretary,” she wrote. Viola di Grado Interviewed by Suzi Feay Blue Hunger Trinity College: Garden Room Levine Building 2:00pm Fri 31 Friday, 31 March 2023 See this event

Dan Snow and Alice Loxton Why History Remains a Big Hit Sheldonian Theatre 10:00am Fri 31 Friday, 31 March 2023 See this event

The Oxford festival is the most elegant and atmospheric of literary festivals. It’s a pleasure to both attend and perform there. Caroline Moorehead Interviewed by Alexandra Pringle Edda Mussolini: The Most Dangerous Woman in Europe Exeter College: Marquee 10:00am Fri 31 Friday, 31 March 2023 See this event Meanwhile, cancelling the contract with Valneva just before its traditional jab was approved by UK regulators limited the diversity of Britain’s vaccine portfolio, undermined investment in a bioreactor plant in Scotland, damaged relations with industry, and limited global rollout. From a remote cottage, Bingham juggled vaccine suppliers, Whitehall, the media circus… as deaths mounted and the world shut down. Political manoeuvring, miscommunications and administrative meddling nearly jeopardised the project. But perseverance and expertise paid off. Maxim Osipov Interviewed by Lucian Hudson Kilometer 101 Weston Lecture Theatre 10:00am Fri 31 Friday, 31 March 2023 See this event

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