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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 Invention of Lying Wednesday, 30 September 2009 Read more...	The Hourglass Sanatorium, Barbican Wednesday, 30 September 2009 Read more...
Rich Hall, Hammersmith Apollo Friday, 25 September 2009 Read more...	Football and Film: United or Damned? Wednesday, 23 September 2009 Read more...
The Cut (episode five), BBC Switch Friday, 18 September 2009 Read more...	The Cut (episode four), BBC Switch Thursday, 17 September 2009 Read more...
The Cut (episode three), BBC Switch Wednesday, 16 September 2009 Read more...	The Cut (episode two), BBC Switch Tuesday, 15 September 2009 Read more...
Ross Noble is pro-live Monday, 14 September 2009 Read more...	The Cut (episode one), BBC Switch Sunday, 13 September 2009 Read more...
theartsdesk Q&A: Lyricist Tim Rice Friday, 11 September 2009 Read more...	Dorian Gray Wednesday, 09 September 2009 Read more...
Interview: What Do We Know About Julian Barnes? Saturday, 23 September 2006 Read more...

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