The Latest Breaking News from Margate

INTERVIEW: Raped at 13, written off by critics, in remission from cancer – Tracey Emin is art’s great survivor, and her new major Tate retrospective, set to be one of the year’s blockbuster shows, is the ultimate accolade. She talks to Geordie Greig about painting, pain and showing Madonna around…

She scandalised the art world in the 1990s with her unmade bed, partied hard in the 2000s – then a brush with death turned the artist’s life upside down. Now she’s as frank as ever

It was just an ordinary day in Margate when a superstar paid a visit to the seaside town, leaving locals and tourists alike stunned.

Star says seaside town ‘inhabited by creativity’ and shares love for a local restaurant after dropping in Tracey Emin

Bottega Caruso in the Kent seaside town has been named by the singer as her ‘favourite Italian restaurant’

The Queen of Pop says visiting the seaside town ‘is like a dream’

The Queen of Pop, 67, ‘stunned’ onlookers in Kent as she joined the public during the grassroots Off Season event

INSPIRING TRAVEL: With a new exhibition celebrating the rival artists at the Tate Britain this winter, Michael Hodges explores the parts of England that inspired some of their greatest works

Four roads have been evacuated in Margate over reports of suspicious items