nie Wood has been making the wrong kind of headlines. Here he is, a 61-year-old man who should know better, getting it on with a teenage girl ten years younger than his youngest daughter, and drinking two bottles of vodka every afternoon. I’m sure many Phnom Penh expats rather than throw their hands up in horror would simply say, ‘fair play to you, fella’.

If Ron ever moved to Phnom Penh, it would fit him like a glove for, even in 2008, this city is still home to plenty of individuals who like to laugh, to have fun, to break the rules once in a while. In other words, people a bit like Ron himself. All the old rocker has done is to get ridiculously drunk and disport himself with an entirely willing and consenting nineteen year old girl. Has it occurred to an