Cheap Meat: Flap Food Nations in the Pacific Islands Stanley Ulijaszek finds much food for thought in a discussion of a meaty issue for developing nations 22 July
Book of the week: Understanding the British Empire Joanna Lewis praises revealing observations on imperial history 22 July
Sound and Space in Renaissance Venice: Architecture, Music, Acoustics Teresa Stoppani closes her eyes and takes a multimedia tour of the Queen of the Adriatic 22 July
Ant Encounters: Interaction Networks and Colony Behavior Zhanna Reznikova examines the world of numerate and community-minded six-legged wonders 22 July
Sarah Kane in Context Christopher Innes on the first collection of essays to focus on a single British playwright of the 1990s 15 July
The Canon: Emigrants and Exiles: Ireland and the Irish Exodus to North America. By Kerby A. Miller 15 July
Repairing British Politics Anthony King on a law scholar's ambitious plan to give the UK its own governmental charter at last 15 July
Dude, Can You Count? If you look past its idiosyncratic style, Chris Howls believes this book's underlying message adds up 15 July
The Tyranny of Guilt Has Europe vanquished its monsters or have they just changed shape? wonders Robert Eaglestone 15 July
How Enemies Become Friends: The Sources of Stable Peace Andrew Gamble finds hope in a persuasive analysis of how nations once in conflict can become allies 15 July
Book of the week: Bottled and Sold No filter: Mathew White on our readiness to swallow the hype that costs us the Earth 15 July
The Secret World of Doing Nothing Fred Inglis searches for insights but ends up bored by personal accounts of the absence of activity 8 July
Games of Empire: Global Capitalism and Video Games Steve Redhead on an uneasy mix of gaming-culture study and European academic discourse 8 July
Shakespeare and Wales: From the Marches to the Assembly Stewart Mottram delights in Shakespearean scholarship that finally gives Wales its due 8 July
Obliquity: Why Our Goals Are Best Achieved Indirectly The flaws are the most interesting part of an economist's valuable thesis, says Omar Malik 8 July
The Trouble with Higher Education: A Critical Examination of our Universities John Coyne on an all-too-familiar campus lament: managers are bad and academics know best 8 July
Book of the week: When a Billion Chinese Jump: How China will Save Mankind - or Destroy it Kerry Brown on a sobering snapshot of a ravenous giant whose new prosperity could bring global tragedy 8 July
No Such Thing as Silence: John Cage's 4' 33" David Revill finds much of value in an examination of one of the best-misunderstood works of our time 1 July
Book of the week: Whistling Vivaldi And Other Clues to How Stereotypes Affect Us Richard Crisp is inspired by this journey into 'stereotype threat' and the power we have to rise above its constraints 1 July
Childhood and Child Labour in the British Industrial Revolution Katrina Honeyman on a revealing study of the stories of young workers in industrialising Britain 1 July
News Talk: Investigating the Language of Journalism Ben McConville appreciates a thought-provoking insight into journalese and those who speak it 1 July
Book of the week: Living in the End Times Fred Inglis strives to hold his nerve in the midst of a dizzying, recondite tour of the apocalypse 24 June
The New Law of Peaceful Protest: Rights and Regulation in the Human Rights Act Era Helen Fenwick on a useful review of the ailing state of UK civil liberties, from common law to kettling 24 June
