, in central Sudan, those who survived fled to Kassala.

She’s already been made a freewoman of Margate ("they gave me the keys of the town, it was so lovely").Emin mainly lives in the Kent seaside town, where she grew up and has created the Tracey Emin Artist Residency (TEAR). She came up with the idea as she was recovering from her operation. She’s converted the old public baths into artists’ studios, which 10 students get rent-free for 18 months.

Creating art is a "lonely" pursuit, but she also wants to discuss art as much as she can. Hence TEAR. "I decided to have more art around me. That was a bit selfish really."She’s being self-effacing. The project is the latest way she is using her voice to champion what she believes in and the importance of backing creativity financially.The art world is changing, but she believes it is "a man’s world really", particularly painting. "All the great female painters were wiped out of history. Well, now they’re coming back."

She hopes her generation of female artists have had a role in making that happen, in focusing on the lost women artists of the past and changing "that perception of what art is".One reason she accepted the damehood is because "it gives me a louder voice to do the things that I think are important".

"Not for a second" did she think about saying no. "I just thought, wow".

"People like me don’t become dames, unless you’re a sportsperson," she says.But it might be harder for the billionaire, he said, to "shake off" the allegations made by US authorities.

US investment firm GQG Partners LLC, which has invested nearly $10bn in the Adani Group, has said that it is "monitoring the charges" and may take "appropriate" actions for its portfolios.Moody's Ratings said that the indictment was a "credit negative" for the group's firms.

"Our main focus when assessing Adani Group is on the ability of the group’s companies to access capital to meet their liquidity requirements and on its governance practices," it said.The issue has also set off a political storm in India.