Devout christians this week delivered prayers for US financial recovery to the statue of the Golden Bull at one end of Wall Street in New York. Presumably, they were not worried about worshipping false idols. The back story to the statue of the Bull with balls itself, is interesting – in fact, don’t miss it.

CAUTION: advert. And Jon Snow from Channel 4 News is off on an extended pre US election day tour, catch some of it here or, catch the rolling news blog coverage from Felicity Spector