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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

World on Fire, BBC One, series finale review - may this fine war drama fight on

Monday, 11 November 2019 Read more...

Tim Minchin, Eventim Apollo review - fabulous triumph of rhyme and reason

Saturday, 09 November 2019 Read more...

The Capture, BBC One, series finale review - nimble drama alive with twists

Wednesday, 09 October 2019 Read more...

Al Alvarez: 'If I drop dead this minute, I’ve had a ter­rific time'

Monday, 23 September 2019 Read more...

Gentleman Jack, BBC One, series finale review - Anne Lister weds with pride

Monday, 08 July 2019 Read more...

Franco Zeffirelli: 'I had this feeling that I was special'

Saturday, 15 June 2019 Read more...

Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City, Netflix, review - sex and dope soap is back in San Francisco

Friday, 07 June 2019 Read more...

Hatton Garden, ITV review - ancient burglars bore again

Tuesday, 21 May 2019 Read more...

Mum, BBC Two, series 3 review - welcome last hurrah for adult family sitcom

Thursday, 16 May 2019 Read more...

Line of Duty, BBC One, series 5 finale review - big highs and Biggeloe

Monday, 06 May 2019 Read more...

Back to Life, BBC Three review - Daisy Haggard finds laughs in prison release

Tuesday, 16 April 2019 Read more...

Fleabag, Series 2 finale, BBC Three review - Phoebe Waller-Bridge's miraculous situation tragedy

Tuesday, 09 April 2019 Read more...

This Time with Alan Partridge, Series finale, BBC One review - back to his worst

Tuesday, 02 April 2019 Read more...

Dead Pixels, E4, review - gamers for a laugh

Friday, 29 March 2019 Read more...

Q&A special: The making of Local Hero

Thursday, 21 March 2019 Read more...

The Bay, ITV, review - Broadchurch goes north

Thursday, 21 March 2019 Read more...

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Troilus and Cressida, Globe Theatre review - a 'problem...

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