Covid-19 and Comedy
The cliche that ‘laughter is the best medicine’ has probably never been less apt than during a global pandemic, but human beings do often resort to humour in the most desperate of circumstances. What role ...
Dominic Cummings
Covid-19 and Trust
Major destabilizing events frequently bring issues of trust sharply into focus. The current pandemic has proved no exception, stressing trust’s place (or lack thereof) in response to health guidelines, institutions, information, and even each other. ...
Lockdown redux
When Boris Johnson declared the first lockdown on 23rd March 2020, the United Kingdom was still marching in step, with the peoples of all four constituent nations subject to the same restrictions aimed at preventing ...
Legitimacy, Trust and Social Cohesion under Covid
To mitigate the spread of coronavirus, governments across the globe have rushed through legislation, or enacted emergency powers, granting them unprecedented control over the lives of their subject peoples. Whilst, even from the outset, some ...