INDIRA GANDHI: Portrait of an authoritarian patriot

INDIRA GANDHI A RARE GLIMPS Indira Gandhi was gunned down by her bodyguards on this day 25 years ago. Looking at the legacy of India’s most controversial and best-known politician. In the summer of 1965, Indira Gandhi was thinking of shifting base from Delhi to London. She was then serving as a...

October 31st, 2009 | WORLD | Read More

VAULT ABOVE MONROE: Sold for $4.6 million

TOGETHERNESS IN DEATH The burial vault above the remains of Hollywood film star Marilyn Monroe has been sold for more than $4.6m (£2.8m). More than 20 offers, starting at $500,000, were received for the space, located in the Westwood Village Memorial Park in Los Angeles. The vault had been advertised...