Fame can be so hard to bare...

Knightley has announced that she will no longer do nude scenes, as she is tired of the “male gaze” resting upon her person. That male gaze has certainly done no harm to her career in the past, but whatever floats your boat. It puts you in mind of the old joke to many an actress. “If the scene demands it and it requires artistic integrity, would you be prepared to keep your clothes on?”

FACEBOOK has had to apologise to Plymouth Hoe, after flagging the latter part of its name as a “misogynist term”, which I believe refers to ladies of the night. If ever there was proof of the culture gap between US-based Facebook and the British sense of humour, this is it.

We love our silly names: Lower Swell, Nether Wallop, Piddle Valley, Wetwang, and a few that are actually too rude to mention here, all provide hours of innocent fun.

It could be worse: an Austrian village has just changed its name to Fugging from – well, you don’t need me to tell you. It puts me in mind of another joke: in 1781 William Herschel discovered Uranus. Schoolboys the world over rejoiced.

EXPERTS have revealed two new skin complaints: maskne and maskitis. Both are caused by the face covering we are currently forced to wear. Is there no painful area of life that some experts do not manage to make a little bit worse?