The Ravishing Beauties Peel Session

On this day in 1982, BBC Radio 1’s John Peel Show broadcast a session recorded with The Ravishing Beauties. The Peel Sessions, as they became to be known, usually consisted of four songs recorded by an artist live in the … Read More

New Welsh Writing Awards Longlist

Virginia features on the longlist for the New Welsh Writing Awards 2016: University of South Wales Prize for Travel Writing. New Welsh Review, in association with the University of South Wales and the CADCentre, has posted the longlist featuring nine … Read More

Saturday Live Transcript

1983 was an eventful year for Virginia, a year that mixed critical and commercial success with business frustration. The release of one single,two albums,soundtrack composing,session appearances,live concerts as well as trying to extricate herself from a recording contract kept Virginia … Read More

Virginia Astley Interview

Can you tell us a little about what you’re currently working on? Well one thing I’m doing is listening to my father’s old music to put together a CD of instrumental music for EMI. So obviously it will have the … Read More

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