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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

Being Blacker, BBC Two review - absorbing film about family, culture and society

Tuesday, 13 March 2018 Read more...

Matthew Sweet: Operation Chaos review - paranoia and insanity in the Cold War

Sunday, 11 March 2018 Read more...

Wonder Wheel review - Woody Allen and Kate Winslet channel O'Neill

Friday, 09 March 2018 Read more...

Collateral, series finale, BBC Two - Carey Mulligan hares to the finish

Tuesday, 06 March 2018 Read more...

Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story review - Hollywood's brainiest beauty

Monday, 05 March 2018 Read more...

theartsdesk in Minsk: feasting with Belarus Free Theatre

Monday, 26 February 2018 Read more...

Mum, BBC Two, series 2 review - Lesley Manville is a discreet delight

Wednesday, 21 February 2018 Read more...

Hold the Sunset, BBC One, review - this is an ex-sitcom

Monday, 19 February 2018 Read more...

Trauma, ITV, review - surgically imprecise revenge drama

Thursday, 15 February 2018 Read more...

DVD/Blu-ray: Blade Runner 2049

Tuesday, 13 February 2018 Read more...

The Mercy review - Colin Firth's leaking vessel

Thursday, 08 February 2018 Read more...

John Mahoney: 'I wanted to be like everybody else'

Tuesday, 06 February 2018 Read more...

Joe Dunthorne: The Adulterants review - a richly illuminating comedy of disappointment

Sunday, 04 February 2018 Read more...

Daniel Day-Lewis: 'I'm quite good at mending things'

Tuesday, 30 January 2018 Read more...

Inside No 9, series 4, BBC Two review - laughter in the dark

Wednesday, 24 January 2018 Read more...

Downsizing review - little things please little

Wednesday, 24 January 2018 Read more...

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