Special issue in honour of Brian Winston Editorial 'The transformative academic' - by Richard Lance Keeble Papers Humans as cultural beings in theory and practice - by Clifford G. Christians How the UK government threatens to impose online censorship - by Julian Petley Towards restorative narrative - by Pratap Rughani Tributes 'Praxis personified: He did not just talk media, he made it' - by John Mair 'Proud, paid-up member of the awkward squad' - by Ivor Gaber Book reviews Florian Zollmann on The roots of fake news: Objecting to objectivity, by Brian Winston and Matthew Winston, and Stephen J. A. Ward on It's the media, stupid! Essays in honour of Brian Winston, edited by Richard Lance Keeble