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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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