Jasper Rees
Bio
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
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My Rembrandt review - hard cash and hubris
In the gloomy splendour of Drumlanrig Castle in Dumfriesshire, the 10th Duke of Buccleuch gazes up at...
Album: Bright Eyes - Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once...
During the first decade of this century Conor Oberst was critically anointed as a successor to the likes of Bob Dylan, Neil Young and Leonard...
Babyteeth review - teenage love and terminal illness in the...
Babyteeth gets off to a terrific start. A semi-naked, manic Moses (Toby Wallace, full of scabby charisma) almost pushes 15-year-old Milla...
Mandy, BBC2 review - Diane Morgan's new creation
Mandy started life in the Comedy Shorts season last year, and has now been given a six-part series. Diane Morgan, who has a...
Project Power - so-so attempt to reinvent the superhero genr...
What if there was a pill you could pop that gave you superpowers? The only catch is that, while it might make you invisible or...
Cara Dillon Live at Cooper Hall, YouTube review - a warm Iri...
Cara Dillon and Sam Lakeman were bringing it all back home when they performed their first live stream concert from Cooper Hall, in Frome,...
Spree review - a wild ride through social media madness
Allergic to that word “influencer”? Afraid that social...
Theatre Unlocked 4: Shows in concert and a contemporary clas...
After months spent sifting amongst the virtual, I'm pleased to report that live performance looks to be on the (socially distanced) rebound. The...