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Jasper Rees

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Jasper Rees is an English journalist and writer. He specialises in writing about the arts and is best known as the authorised biographer of Victoria Wood. [1]

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Life and career

Rees has been a journalist since 1988 and has written mostly for the Daily Telegraph and The Independent . He is also the author of five books, including Let's Do It, the authorised biography of Victoria Wood. [2] [3]

Rees has written about his Welsh heritage in his 2011 memoir Bred of Heaven. The book caused controversy when Rees was upset by a review in the Daily Mail by journalist Roger Lewis, who called Welsh a "moribund monkey language". [4] Member of Parliament Jonathan Edwards also referred the review to both the Press Complaints Commission and the police. [5]

In 2010 Rees released his book I Found My Horn , [6] which was adapted for the stage. [7] [8] He also wrote a biography of Florence Foster Jenkins in 2016, which was adapted into the film of the same name starring Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant. [9]

Books

References

  1. ↑ Groskop, Viv (2020-10-24). "Let's Do It by Jasper Rees review – Victoria Wood, perfectionist". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2024-07-27.
  2. ↑ Sturges, Fiona (2020-11-12). "Victoria Wood biography Let's Do It is an acute analysis of a funny kind of genius". inews.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-07-27.
  3. ↑ Purves, Libby (23 October 2020). "Let's Do It by Jasper Rees review — the comedy genius of Victoria Wood". The Times . Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  4. ↑ WalesOnline (2012-06-06). "Author Jasper Rees "upset" by reaction to quest to discover his Welshness". Wales Online. Retrieved 2024-07-27.
  5. ↑ "Daily Mail's Welsh 'monkey language' book review anger". BBC . 16 August 2011. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  6. ↑ Tomes, Susan (1 February 2008). "Review: I Found My Horn By Jasper Rees". The Independent. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  7. ↑ Billington, Michael (2009-11-12). "I Found My Horn". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2024-07-28.
  8. ↑ Hutera, Donald (2 February 2023). "I Found My Horn review". The Stage .
  9. ↑ O'Keeffe, Alice (2016-05-11). "Florence Foster Jenkins biography review – why did the singer expose herself to mockery?". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2024-07-27.
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