Kirsten Mavric Photography

Taken at 3.23am this morning, you can see the weariness in me, eh. We got home at 5.30am and then had to stay up to watch Barack make that impressive and moving speech.

My oh-so-better-half took this picture. He was on shift for AFP (Agence France Presse) and four of his pictures were used on the BBC site today - numbers 2,4,9 and 11 - BBC. He has written a blog about it also - Leon's blog.

We, here in the UK, could not be happier for the USA. I think the world will sleep better tonight, for more than one reason...