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

Caligula with Mary Beard, BBC Two Tuesday, 30 July 2013 Read more...	Obituary: Singer-songwriter JJ Cale Sunday, 28 July 2013 Read more...
Prom 17: Antonio Márquez Company, BBC Philharmonic, Mena Friday, 26 July 2013 Read more...	Blackfish Wednesday, 24 July 2013 Read more...
Burton and Taylor, BBC Four Tuesday, 23 July 2013 Read more...	The Woody Allen story: 'Why do I feel like I got screwed?' Monday, 22 July 2013 Read more...
Mel Smith, 1952-2013 Saturday, 20 July 2013 Read more...	10 Questions for Semyon Bychkov Saturday, 20 July 2013 Read more...
The World's End Friday, 19 July 2013 Read more...	Run, Channel 4 Tuesday, 16 July 2013 Read more...
Monsters University Tuesday, 09 July 2013 Read more...	The Men's Singles Final, BBC One Sunday, 07 July 2013 Read more...
Listed: Whistleblowers Saturday, 06 July 2013 Read more...	Horizon: What Makes Us Human?, BBC Two Thursday, 04 July 2013 Read more...
Listed: Actors playing themselves Saturday, 29 June 2013 Read more...	Who Were the Greeks?, BBC Two/Eye Spy, Channel 4 Friday, 28 June 2013 Read more...

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