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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

The Bridge, BBC Two, series 4 review - Scandi saga is darker than ever

Saturday, 12 May 2018 Read more...

The Split, BBC One, review - Abi Morgan’s densely packed divorce drama

Wednesday, 25 April 2018 Read more...

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society review - artery-furring whimsy

Friday, 20 April 2018 Read more...

Milos Forman: 'The less you know about yourself, the happier you are'

Tuesday, 17 April 2018 Read more...

Lifeline, Channel 4 review - Spanish sci-fi drama on speed

Monday, 16 April 2018 Read more...

Arcade Fire, Wembley Arena review - sensational spectacle

Friday, 13 April 2018 Read more...

Law and Order, BBC Four review - not a fair cop

Friday, 13 April 2018 Read more...

DVD: Blood and Glory

Friday, 13 April 2018 Read more...

Civilisations: First Contact, BBC Two review - David Olusoga goes for gold

Friday, 06 April 2018 Read more...

Ordeal by Innocence, BBC One, review - Agatha Christie goes nuclear

Monday, 02 April 2018 Read more...

Journeyman review - Paddy Considine wins on points

Friday, 30 March 2018 Read more...

Mum, BBC Two, series 2 finale review - the perfect way to go

Wednesday, 28 March 2018 Read more...

Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words, BBC One review - emotional nomad with a fragile gift for joy

Tuesday, 27 March 2018 Read more...

Crowhurst review - plucky indie wins race with rival

Saturday, 24 March 2018 Read more...

Unsane review - Claire Foy in bonkers horror satire

Thursday, 22 March 2018 Read more...

13 Commandments, Channel 4 review - murder most Flemish

Monday, 19 March 2018 Read more...

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Why are the Irish such good storytellers? The historical perspective is that the oral tradition goes way, way back, allied to the gift of the gab...

Hadelich, BBC Philharmonic, Storgårds, Bridgewater Hall, Man...

Concerts need to have themes, it seems, today, and the BBC Philharmonic’s publicity suggested two contrasting ideas for the opening of its 2025-26...

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The tour by the 81-year-old Mulatu Astatke which is currently under way and this album seem to be giving off different...

Music Reissues Weekly: Sly and the Family Stone - The First...

The remarkable The First Family: Live At Winchester Cathedral 1967 represents the first-ever release of a previously...