Self-made Kiwi Birkbeck's Ian Conrich, the driving force behind New Zealand studies in the UK, fell in love with the country via its cinema. By Rebecca Attwood 14 February
The golden notebooks Anthony Phelan on a rich harvest of insight and riddle from one of Europe's great cultural critics 14 February
Text messages, minus the text Susan Bassnett admires a playfully serious paean to the joys of not curling up with a good book. 7 February
Bastions of Britishness Jeffrey Richards revels in Piers Brendon's vivid evocation of a liberal Empire with an irreconcilable paradox at its heart. 24 January
Romance in the Ivory Tower: The Rights and Liberty of Conscience Sex in the academy dates back to Socrates, but universities today still struggle to deal with the issue. Alan Ryan considers the conundrum of student-staff relationships. 17 January
All the news that's fit to print to serve the fourth estate The Future of Journalism in Advanced Democracies 17 August
From fearless truths to celebrity scoops - The Ethical Journalist. First Edition - Balance and Bias in Journalism 25 May
Glittering stars a long way from Tinseltown Contemporary World Cinema - Traditions in World Cinema. First Edition 26 May
Even enemies contribute to an inventive field The Uses of Cultural Studies. First Edition - Cultural Studies 26 May