As the weekend draws, too quickly, to a close, we deliver our usual batch of good reads, listens and views. Enjoy.

Mark has a timeless classic from the old Harry Enfield shows. Piers Morgan, former editor of the Daily Mirror, has been a busy boy since penning his terrific memoir The Insider. And where have all the young Parisians gone?

This, from Chris via Lyndon Hood, is ironic, like rain.

Stephen finds David Farrar's election spending analysis worthy and asks why the newspapers can't do this stuff. Suggestions below, please. He also nominates the album title of the month from the band Life of Agony. The title: Best of Life of Agony.

Chris Trotter gets an OTT fisking. Some Amazon readers, allegedly, display their love of lit.

From me, the Indian civil service has cancelled plans to have female civil servants register their menstrual periods. Say what? Huffington man Chris Kelly reveals the true meaning of the term "shock and awe".

You'll have heard about the "lost" (say disappeared) White House emails, but I bet you haven't heard about Karl Rove's SMSs.

Ciao.