Journal apologises for review’s ‘lady author’ slur

It's disrespectful to publish an article about this really very minor issue just after the reviewer in question has passed away. And by the way, the fact that Professor Milward lived in Tokyo might explain how he might have developed something of a tin ear when it came to contemporary scholarly diction. Just when I thought THE couldn't sink any lower. God help the universities in this country if these articles reflect general opinion on campuses.

I see what you are doing here. I quite enjoyed the 18th-century flavoured phrasing "contemporary scholarly diction".