I WAS lucky enough to find myself in a comedy cellar in Greenwich Village in New York last week, listening to five different comedians satirising modern American life, and in particular the current presidential election campaign.

The rival US presidential campaigns of Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama traded accusations of nasty politics over Hollywood donor David Geffen, who once backed former president Bill Clinton but now supports his wife’s top rival.

WELL, by now we’ve found out the self-styled eagle could squawk better than he could fly.

RUSTY, rusty state. The woods of rural Ohio are bursting with autumnal hues of rust.