This whole thing about an app which alerts women to their use of apologetic language -
- well, there's a problem there when something that one might consider politeness is construed as 'apologetic' -
- not to mention that the whole thing seems distinctly culture-bound and I have a fairly strong feeling that there are cultures in which men are ( Read more... )

Apparently, yes.

James Crosby to give up knighthood and 30% of pension:
Sir James Crosby, the former boss of HBOS, has asked for his knighthood to be revoked after a scathing report by MPs found that he sowed the "seeds of destruction" at one of Britain's biggest banks ( Read more... )