Even in death, Marie Curie’s body held a secret: it remained radioactive, requiring a special lead-lined coffin for burial.

AN end of life charity service is reportedly set to be axed in several areas after running for more than two decades.

Yet as playwright Lauren Gunderson’s “The Half-Life of Marie Curie” illuminates ... six years after her husband’s death, and in the crosshairs of gossip over an alleged affair.