Blanket assumptions of predestined roles to be assumed by the sexes have bedevilled the human species.

US authorities seized disgraced financier Bernard Madoff’s Palm Beach mansion, his vintage yacht and a smaller boat, in a bid to recoup assets to compensate the investors he swindled.

US authorities seized disgraced financier Bernard Madoff’s antique yacht and a smaller boat from two Florida marinas early today as part of a bid to recoup assets to pay back his swindled investors.