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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

Her Majesty's Prison: Aylesbury, ITV

Tuesday, 19 February 2013 Read more...

Song for Marion

Monday, 18 February 2013 Read more...

A Good Day to Die Hard

Thursday, 14 February 2013 Read more...

Black Mirror, Series Two, Channel 4

Tuesday, 12 February 2013 Read more...

Saer Doliau, Finborough Theatre

Wednesday, 06 February 2013 Read more...

Q&A Special: Conductor Sir Simon Rattle

Wednesday, 30 January 2013 Read more...

Hyde Park on Hudson

Wednesday, 30 January 2013 Read more...

Prince Harry: Frontline Afghanistan, BBC Three

Tuesday, 29 January 2013 Read more...

Parting Shot: Michael Winner, 1935-2012

Monday, 21 January 2013 Read more...

10 Questions for Amateur Musician Alan Rusbridger

Monday, 21 January 2013 Read more...

theartsdesk Q&A: Comedian Rowan Atkinson

Saturday, 19 January 2013 Read more...

Opinion: How soon is too soon for plot spoilers?

Tuesday, 15 January 2013 Read more...

World Without End, Channel 4/Blandings, BBC One

Monday, 14 January 2013 Read more...

10 Questions for James Marsh

Thursday, 10 January 2013 Read more...

DVD: Tabu

Tuesday, 08 January 2013 Read more...

Borgen, Series 2, BBC Four

Sunday, 06 January 2013 Read more...

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