now on bbc news — the interview with tracey emin.cey emin is one of the uk's most celebrated artists of our time. she rose to public prominence in the 19805 as one of the ybas, the young british artists, and is best known for deeply personal works, my bed and everyone i've ever slept with. i was told that there was a good possibility that i would only have six months to live. four years ago, she was diagnosed with an aggressive bladder cancer, which she openly documented on her instagram. once portrayed as an enfant terrible of british art, she's now been made a dame by king charles for services to art. tracey, congratulations. or should i say dame tracey? congratulations. how are you feeling about it? well, i'm smiling for lots of reasons. but dame tracey, i mean, it has a ring about it. it's really cool. i don't think there's ever been one before, and it's good. ifeel like it's a new generation of dames, really. what does it mean to you? there's nothing like a dame. no. don't get me singing. 0h, go on. no, i think for me, really se

to be with a smiling tracey emin is really nice. you...you mentioned the cancer. i followed your journey on instagram. it's been actually this amazing... you've been so brilliantly open, and it's just been so life—affirming to read what you've been going through and how you've dealt with it. when you... now with this all clear, which is fabulous, do you think that getting cancer and the experience you had, do you think that's changed your approach to art? has it changed your art and the work you want to make? it's approached my whole... it's changed my whole approach towards life. distant boom oh, that's a sign! it's a sign. it's a sign. that's someone saying, "good, you needed it." no, i'd say, "the pearly gates are firmly closed. "you're not coming in!" yeah. no, i mean, i'mjust... i mean, every day now... like, before, i always used to say i could be really sad before, and i would continue to be sad. and i said, even my sadness is different now. how? why? well, my sadness...can be short—lived. my sadness — i can grow out of my sadness.

alan bates, tracey emin and imelda staunton — just some of the names to receive awards in the king'sthday honours. and disappointment for scotland as they're thrashed by germany 5—1 in the opening game of the euros. hello. i'm lauren taylor. the princess of wales will make her first public appearance since she was diagnosed with cancer at today's trooping the colour. catherine will be in the carriage parade with her children for the king's birthday celebrations, before joining the rest of the family on the baclony at buckingham palace. our royal correspondent jonny dymond reports. a new picture of the princess from the palace to mark a new stage in herjourney. it's been almost three months since the princess revealed that she was undergoing chemotherapy, something that followed surgery earlier in the year. the surgery was successful. however, tests after the operation found cancer had been present. my medical team therefore advised that i should undergo a course of preventative chemotherapy and i am now in the early stages of that treatment. since then, prince william has worked alon

now on bbc news — the interview with tracey emin.ve ever slept with.

he joins three new dames — actress imelda staunton, designer anya hindmarch and artist tracey emin —eople from ordinary walks of life. lizo mzimba reports. his years of campaigning were crucial in achieving justice for subpostmasters and mistresses wrongly accused of stealing from the post office. now alan bates has been knighted. it's not just for me. i feel it's for the whole group, the whole campaign. we sort of achieved something. we know we've got the support of the nation nowadays and it seems to be some sort of recognition for that. and that's great. my bed installation was hailed as groundbreaking. a quarter of a century later, tracey emin has been made a dame for her outstanding contribution to art. dame tracey — it just feels really cool. it's the recognition from the king and from the establishment for what i've achieved in my lifetime as an artist. to all of you here whose prayers and well wishes have been a source of strength to me... also becoming a dame, the crown actress imelda staunton for services to drama and to charity. she says she feels genuinely humbled to be h

tracey emin was nominated for the turner prize and now has become a dame.me hodes for imelda staunton and the handbag designer anya hindmarch. cyclist mark cavendish was awarded a knighthood along with the composerjohn rutter. our business correspondence went to speak with alan bates. alan bates, congratulations. thank you. what was your reaction when you found out? it was all a bit of a surprise. it was a bit out of the blue. and, also, the time it was given. i think i received it on the lunchtime of the first day of paula vennells being at the enquiry, had a look being at the inquiry, had a look at my emails and it was there. i thought "this is weird." is this a wind—up? yes. to me the things are just say no. but there are a lot of people who want me to have something and i think the paperwork said they wanted to know by end of that day whether i was prepared to accept it. so it was all a bit of a rush, but a very pleasant surprise all the same. what does this knighthood mean for you? well, i think it's another string to my bow to try and drive the rest o

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the former post office submaster alan bates receives a knighthood while artist tracey emin and the actressmelda staunton become dames. they are just some of those to be recognised in this year's king's birthday honours. and in football, it's a disappointing night for scotland as they're thrashed 5—1 by hosts germany in the opening game of the euros. now on bbc news, the travel show. this is just incredible. the caribbean — a collection of 7,000 islands set in shimmering seas with some of the best beaches and marine life in the world. it's home to over 45 million people and a mix of cultures, music and natural wonders. but this oceanic environment is as fragile as it is beautiful and the caribbean�*s relationship with its seas and ecosystems are changing rapidly. i'm reece parkinson. as someone who has caribbean ancestry, this place has almost mythical status, even though i've never been here before. we're swimming with sharks! i'm kicking off my adventure in the dominican republic... oh, i'm excited! ..where i discover how islanders are carving out a new relationship with the sea. really,

tracey emin is one of the uk's most celebrated artists of our time.as, the young british artists, and is best known for deeply personal works — my bed and everyone i've ever slept with. i was told that there was a good possibility that i would only have six months to live. four years ago, she was diagnosed with an aggressive bladder cancer, which she openly documented on her instagram. 0nce portrayed as an enfant terrible of british art, she's now been made a dame by king charles for services to art. tracey, congratulations. or should i say dame tracey? congratulations. how are you feeling about it? well, i'm smiling for lots of reasons. but dame tracey, i mean, it has a ring about it. it's really cool. i don't think there's ever been one before, and it's good. ifeel like it's a new generation of dames, really. what does it mean to you? there's nothing like a dame. no. don't get me singing.

the installation is everyone i 've ever slept with by artist tracey emin, but probably one of the mostfrom the real blood of its author and is translated as me. mark quinn discusses the topic of death in his work, but does not only, the problem of human addiction, in particular alcoholism, is also raised here. the allegory is simple, just as a sculpture cannot be in space without a freezer, which prevents it from melting, so mark cannot create without alcohol. indeed, the artist suffered from alcohol addiction for a long time, but overcame it. the volume of blood that was needed to create the sculpture was 5 liters. the author donated blood at a donor center for a month, took it with him, then poured it into a silicone form and froze it, but there is more one feature. mark quinn creates similar art objects every 5 years. the first one appeared back in... 1991, and then add 5 years, it turns out that the nearest exhibit will delight us in 2026. the artist prefers to put them in a row and track changes in his appearance. by the way, another interesting fact: by the color of the blood you

tracey emin, who rose to fame in the 1990s, when her artwork of an unmade bed was nominated for the turnerecome a dame. there are also damehoods for the actor, imelda staunton, and the handbag designer, anya hindmarch. the cyclist, mark cavendish, has been awarded a knighthood, along with the composer, john rutter. our business correspondent emma simpson has been to speak with alan bates — a warning this report contains some flashing images. alan bates, congratulations. thank you. what was your reaction when you found out? it was all a bit of a surprise. it was a bit out of the blue. and, also, the time it was given. i think i received it on the lunchtime of the first day of paula vennells being at the enquiry, had a look at my emails and it was there. i thought "this is weird." "is this a wind—up?" yeah! to me these things are just say no. but there are a lot of people who want me to have something and i think the paperwork said they wanted to know by end of that day whether i was prepared to accept it. so it was all a bit of a rush, but a very pleasant surprise all the same. what does th

tracey emin, who rose to fame in the �*90s, when her artwork of an unmade bed was nominated for the turner the actor imelda staunton and the handbag designer anya hindmarch. the cyclist mark cavendish has been awarded a knighthood, along with the composerjohn rutter. our business correspondent emma simpson has spoken to alan bates, and a warning, this report contains some flashing images. alan bates, congratulations. thank you. what was your reaction when you found out? it was all a bit of a surprise. it was a bit out of the blue. and, also, the time it was given. i think i received it on the lunchtime of the first day of paula vennells being at the enquiry, had a look at my emails and it was there. i thought "this is weird." is this a wind—up? yeah. to me the things are just say no. but there are a lot of people who want me to have something and i think the paperwork said they wanted to know by end of that day whether i was prepared to accept it. so it was all a bit of a rush, but a very pleasant surprise all the same. what does this knighthood mean for you? well, i think it's another str

alan bates, tracey emin and imelda staunton — just some of the names to receive awards in the king's appearance since she was diagnosed with cancer at today's trooping the colour. catherine will be in the carriage parade with her children for the king's birthday celebrations, before joining the rest of the family on the baclony at buckingham palace. 0ur royal correspondent jonny dymond reports. a new picture of the princess from the palace to mark

tracey emin who rose to fame in the 90s, when her artwork of an unmade bed was nominated for the turneramehoods for the actor imelda staunton, and the handbag designer anya hindmarch. the cyclist, mark cavendish has been awarded a knighthood, along with the composer, john rutter. you can get more on all of the honours on the bbc news website. we're at the halfway point in the general election campaign here in the uk. the politicial parties will be out campaigning again this weekend. it's now three weeks until the next government is formed. our political correspondent, hannah miller told us how the parties are going. three weeks to go, it does feel like a long time. it is worth saying, though, that some people will start voting this week when the postal votes start coming in. if we take a look and run through where the parties are at, labour broadly are pretty happy with how their campaign is going. they are miles ahead in the polls. i think over the coming days we can start to see their leader, keir starmer, campaigning in some more ambitious seats, which is an indication, really, of th

it scandal cyclist mark cavendish has also been knighted, and there are damehoods for artist tracey emintress imelda staunton and designer anya hindmarch . and designer anya hindmarch. former prime minister gordon brown has also received the highest award possible. the champion of honour. the prime minister says that he will stay on as an mp if the conservatives lose the general election. rishi sunak says he'll fight to the last day as he responded to a question about a recent yougov poll , which shows that reform uk poll, which shows that reform uk has overtaken the tories for the first time. the reform uk leader, nigel farage, has suggested that he can be the voice of opposition to labour and elsewhere on the campaign trail. labour leader sir keir starmer and his shadow health secretary, wes streeting are promising 40,000 extra nhs appointments each week, but experts are questioning the funding details behind that pledge. meanwhile, lib dem leader sir ed davey is campaigning in surrey. he's pledging to scrap police commissioners to boost frontline policing and reform uk's nigel farage

emin, who's been made a dame. >> i don't understand , but i do >> i don't understand, but i do not understand tracey edmonds. >>ng to be a dame. >> she's going to be a dame. >> she's going to be a dame for her very old. >> well, you know, it isn't if theyif >> well, you know, it isn't if they if they make it, they make it. you know, it's not for us to just to say is it. oh it's, it's given, it's given done a lot for the world of modern arts. >> has she. well. oh do you think she's a rebel without a cause? >>i cause? >> i would have been thrashed to within an inch of my life if i'd left my bed like that as a teenager, and she gets a damehood for it. >> that's the point. >> that's the point. >> she is all arts. >> she is all arts. >> yeah, that's a very odd. >> yeah, that's a very odd. >> who else did you say we got, imelda staunton? >> oh, yes. anya hindmarch and also gordon brown. he's receiving the highest accolade . receiving the highest accolade. he's going to be a companion of honoun >> oh, that is a big deal, isn't it. >> yeah. so he's got that. and then also we've got amy dowden from strictly who she's be