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

Another Earth Tuesday, 06 December 2011 Read more...	Charlie's Angels, E4 Thursday, 01 December 2011 Read more...
The Underbelly Project: New York Tuesday, 29 November 2011 Read more...	theartsdesk Q&A: Director Ken Russell, 1927-2011 Monday, 28 November 2011 Read more...
Photo Gallery: Ken Russell - A Retrospective Monday, 28 November 2011 Read more...	Interview: Novelist Gillian Slovo Monday, 28 November 2011 Read more...
Living With the Amish, Channel 4 Friday, 25 November 2011 Read more...	Stewart Lee, Leicester Square Theatre Thursday, 24 November 2011 Read more...
Q&A: Director Terence Davies on The Deep Blue Sea Thursday, 24 November 2011 Read more...	Q&A Special: Director Mike Mills on Beginners Monday, 21 November 2011 Read more...
Garrow's Law, Series 3, BBC One Monday, 14 November 2011 Read more...	The Jury, ITV1 Tuesday, 08 November 2011 Read more...
theartsdesk Q&A: Actor Tom Hollander Sunday, 06 November 2011 Read more...	Junkhearts Thursday, 03 November 2011 Read more...
Jack Goes Boating Tuesday, 01 November 2011 Read more...	Louis Theroux: America's Most Dangerous Pets, BBC Two/ Misfits, Series 3, E4 Monday, 31 October 2011 Read more...

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