News : 24th October 2001
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The Gallery section of the website has been updated with a rare and early promo pic of Virginia. Meanwhile our website Survey is producing some not-so-surprising results with From Gardens Where We Feel Secure leading the way ;-).

News : 22nd October 2001
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The latest news from Rough Trade on the reissue of From Gardens Where We Feel Secure is that the album is due for release early next year. Anne Stephenson is a violin player who formed part of Virginia’s band during … Read More

News : 17th October 2001
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As promised, the website now has a Survey section over on the Features page. We’ll post up new surveys over time, but for now, the survey asks: Which Virginia Astley album do you think was the best? Cast your vote … Read More

NEWS : 15th October 2001
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Jon Astley (Virginia’s brother) keeps busy with some mastering work on the new Tori Amos album Strange Little Girls. Jon also worked on Catatonia’s new album Paper Scissors Stone and before that George Harrison’s reissued All Things Must Pass. Jon … Read More

News : 13th October 2001
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No update as yet regarding the forthcoming reissue of From Gardens Where We Feel Secure. As soon as any news breaks, we’ll post up details. Meanwhile, some snippets on two musicians who have worked with Virginia in the past: Ex-Ravishing … Read More

News : 18th August 2001
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Kate St John joins the Mercury Prize panel to vote on the contenders for last year (which includes Radiohead, Goldfrapp, Gorriaz and PJ Harvey). Sadder news is the death of John Walters – radio presenter and previously producer for John … Read More

News: 15th August 2001
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Plans for the re-issue of From Gardens Where We Feel Secure continue. Following the remastering of the album, Rough Trade are now waiting on the artwork from Virginia. More news as we get it.

News : 12th August 2001
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Anyone interested in knowing more about Jocelyn Pook might be interested to know that a new website has gone live at www.jocelynpook.co.uk.

News : 15th July 2001
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News from Virginia on the forthcoming re-issue of From Gardens Where We Feel Secure : Virginia has just finished remastering the album, which is good news for those who were just expecting a straight reissue. There’s still no set release … Read More

News : 12th July 2001
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The Discography has been updated with a new section looking at Virginia Astley songs featured on compilation albums. The entire website has also been tweaked slightly. Hopefully, the text should appear smaller and a bit neater on all the pages. … Read More

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