Sometimes I store nuggets of news and commentary like a topical squirrel, ready to feast on them in the Winter months. And Winter approaches!

• Jonathan Freedland’s comment on the world’s verdict if the US rejects Obama is accurate. 2000 was a fraud and 2004 was a less than inspiring competition (and a less than significant majority); the choice that American voters face this year is as clear as it could be - and if the majority opt for more of the same rather than much-needed and much-desired change - not just for the US but for the whole world, because that’s what the American Presidency is - then the rest of the world, who have essentially been cheated out of a vote in the matter by living in less powerful countries, will be righteously furious. American politics is world politics, and responsibility for the leader of the world rests with the American people. Vote well please, friends!

• Here are some truly incredible photographs, or rather photographs of truly incredible stunts. They’re from a new book, ingeniously called “Incredible Stunts”. I found the safety-equipment-free wingwalking grandmother particularly wonderful.

• And finally, I thought that this was very sweet.