Jasper Rees | The Arts Desk

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Jasper Rees

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Jasper has written about the arts, books, the media and sport for many broadsheets and magazines. He currently writes for the Telegraph and the Spectator. In the 1990s he also wrote about football for The Independent on Sunday. He is the author of I Found My Horn and co-author of the play of the same name. Bred of Heaven, his book on Wales and Welshness, was published in August 2011 and read on BBC Radio 4's Book of the Week. His latest book is a biography of Florence Foster Jenkins

Articles By Jasper Rees

Austenland Thursday, 26 September 2013 Read more...	Being Paul Gascoigne, ITV Wednesday, 25 September 2013 Read more...
Listed: Jane Austen provides Tuesday, 24 September 2013 Read more...	RIPD Friday, 20 September 2013 Read more...
Preview: Arnold Wesker's Roots Thursday, 19 September 2013 Read more...	CD: Elton John - The Diving Board Wednesday, 18 September 2013 Read more...
Rigoletto, LSO, Noseda, Barbican Monday, 16 September 2013 Read more...	What Remains, Series Finale, BBC One Sunday, 15 September 2013 Read more...
theartsdesk Q&A: Actress Sheridan Smith Sunday, 15 September 2013 Read more...	The Guilty, ITV Friday, 06 September 2013 Read more...
Bald on blondes: what makes Terry Johnson tick? Wednesday, 04 September 2013 Read more...	David Frost, giant of the small screen, dies Monday, 02 September 2013 Read more...
Listed: Freudian Analysis Saturday, 31 August 2013 Read more...	My Hero: Ben Miller on Tony Hancock, BBC One Wednesday, 28 August 2013 Read more...
Field of Blood: The Dead Hour, BBC One Friday, 09 August 2013 Read more...	CD: Glen Campbell - See You There Tuesday, 06 August 2013 Read more...

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