Culture Digest

Toumani Diabaté (World Circuit, 2008)

Vampire Weekend (XL Recordings, 2008)

Part 2: Modern Highlife, Afro-Sounds & Nigerian Blues: 1970–6 (Soundway, 2008)

Tom Wolfe’s 1970 essay ‘Radical Chic’ explores the decadent relationship between wealth, glamour and extremist politics – and is as relevant today as it was 34 years ago

Artificial ruins

The megaphones of Prague

The state of the Pop charts

The role of art at the United Nations