"Drunk and Sobers in Nottingham"

Harry Pearson makes an excellent observation in The Far Corner, his entertaining book on football in Northern England - the fact that the media spends so much time banging on about the decline in modern morality is actually a reflection of declining standards in the media and nothing else. Back in the old days the guy out drinking with Andrew Symonds would have been the hack who today simply snaps his photo and runs off to the highest bidder. The fact that we need articles like this one at Cricinfo to bring us back down to earth again is confirmation of that.