Tracey Emin has always lived and breathed raw creativity. In a rare interview with her friend Maria Balshaw , she talks about the impact of her devastating illness, the source of her renewed passion and productivity, and why she likes to be beside the seaside

Artist Elaine Murray, 55, from Lyme Regis, shares how creating memorial art has helped people reconnect with those they’ve lost

Raku ceramicist Catherine Lucktaylor talks about finding inspiration on the Cornish coast

Tracey Emin’s close friends and admirers reveal the artist’s true colours

Nothing is as joyful or as transformative as paint, says Joa Studholme, the creative genius behind some of Farrow & Ball’s most cherished colours. From a scarlet door to a bedroom dunked in a soothing oatmeal shade, the Colour Curator reveals how she turns a lick of paint into a ‘moment’

Creative instinct and a considered tonal palette have proved a winning combination in the calm but colourful family home of artist Andrea Curtis