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Lord's may be the spiritual home of cricket, but it is clearly not the home of free speech. Members of the MCC, which is based at the London cricket ground, have been banned from speaking publicly about the clubs workings.

Now, Derek Brewer, the MCCs chief executive, has told members that they will no longer be able to make comments about anything. There will no longer be forums on the Online Pavilion where members can post messages, he said. This has sometimes not reflected well on the club. Previous attempts to moderate the forums have been unsuccessful. Some members have not been receptive to moderation.

Ben Miller, a star of the BBC comedy The Armstrong & Miller Show, brings out a book next month, Its Not Rocket Science, aimed at encouraging interest in the physical world.

The comedian has discovered that although publishing may not be rocket science, it can be an awfully difficult subject. His publisher, Little, Brown, has written to book reviewers alerting them to an error. The equals sign has appeared as a minus in the initial print run, it says. This has now been rectified.

This role is murder

Kate OMara is currently appearing on stage in Agatha Christies play Murder on the Nile, but she is not impressed by her character, Helen ffoliot-ffoulkes.

She is totally implausible, complains the star of Dynasty. I dont know how to play her. All I can say is I do my best. I dont know what sort of reality Agatha Christie lived in, but but its not where I am from.

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MCC in censorship row after 'great unwashed' remarks about Lord's