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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

Love Big Issue and Lou, I think, who sold me the mag at St Paul’s station is a nice guy. Here’s a picture (above) that I took last week from my narrow boat on the River Lea where I have recently moved

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

“The most beautiful thing is honesty, even if it’s really painful to look at.” As tenets go, this remark by Tracey Emin could hardly be more apt. The artist has made a career out of telling the truth