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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

Austenland

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Being Paul Gascoigne, ITV

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Listed: Jane Austen provides

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RIPD

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Preview: Arnold Wesker's Roots

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CD: Elton John - The Diving Board

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Rigoletto, LSO, Noseda, Barbican

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What Remains, Series Finale, BBC One

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theartsdesk Q&A: Actress Sheridan Smith

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The Guilty, ITV

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Bald on blondes: what makes Terry Johnson tick?

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David Frost, giant of the small screen, dies

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Listed: Freudian Analysis

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My Hero: Ben Miller on Tony Hancock, BBC One

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Field of Blood: The Dead Hour, BBC One

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CD: Glen Campbell - See You There

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