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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

Jeremy Irons: 'I was never very beautiful' - interview

Monday, 22 January 2018 Read more...

Rebecka Martinsson: Arctic Murders, More4 review - Swedish sleuth is a cold case

Saturday, 20 January 2018 Read more...

The Post review - Spielberg's glorious paean to print

Thursday, 18 January 2018 Read more...

Kiri, Channel 4 review - transracial adoption drama muddies the waters

Thursday, 11 January 2018 Read more...

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri review - Frances McDormand is on fire

Wednesday, 10 January 2018 Read more...

Girlfriends, ITV review - Kay Mellor helps the middle-aged

Thursday, 04 January 2018 Read more...

Eric, Ernie and Me, BBC Four review - he brought them sunshine

Saturday, 30 December 2017 Read more...

The Miniaturist, BBC One review - a lovely supernatural soap

Thursday, 28 December 2017 Read more...

Agatha Christie's Crooked House, Channel 5 review - actresses chew furniture for fun

Monday, 18 December 2017 Read more...

Bancroft, ITV review - Sarah Parish's very cold case

Thursday, 14 December 2017 Read more...

DVD/Blu-ray: Terminator 2 - Judgment Day

Tuesday, 05 December 2017 Read more...

Howards End finale, BBC One review - who isn't going to miss the Schlegel sisters?

Monday, 04 December 2017 Read more...

'She has escaped from my Asylum!': The Woman in White returns

Tuesday, 28 November 2017 Read more...

Battle of the Sexes review - Emma Stone aces it as Billie Jean King

Wednesday, 22 November 2017 Read more...

I Know Who You Are, series 2 finale, BBC Four review - Spanish drama literally took no prisoners

Sunday, 19 November 2017 Read more...

Love, Lies & Records, BBC One review - Ashley Jensen too good to be true

Friday, 17 November 2017 Read more...

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