Adam Sweeting

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Former features editor of Melody Maker, Adam has written on rock, classical music and television for the Guardian, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph, Independent on Sunday, Uncut, Classic FM and Gramophone, and on motor-racing for Motorsport. He co-founded The Virtual Television Company, which made Mr Rock'n'Roll (Channel 4), Pavarotti: The Last Tenor (BBC2 Arena) and Imagine - Nigel Kennedy (BBC One)

Articles By Adam Sweeting

The Undoing, Sky Atlantic review - trouble in paradise for gilded Manhattan couple Tuesday, 27 October 2020 Read more...	Bruce Springsteen's Letter to You, Apple TV+ review - his new album is a matter of life and death Tuesday, 20 October 2020 Read more...
Roadkill, BBC One review - David Hare pokes under the floorboards of the Conservative party Monday, 19 October 2020 Read more...	LFF 2020: Never Gonna Snow Again review - mystic masseur with God-like gifts Saturday, 17 October 2020 Read more...
Emily in Paris, Netflix review - addictive escapism in the City of Light Wednesday, 14 October 2020 Read more...	Enslaved with Samuel L Jackson, BBC Two review - ambitious history of the slave trade falls short Monday, 12 October 2020 Read more...
LFF 2020: One Night in Miami review - Kemp Powers's play makes the leap to the big screen Sunday, 11 October 2020 Read more...	Brave New World, Sky 1 review - Aldous Huxley's novel doesn't look very happy on TV Saturday, 10 October 2020 Read more...
Away, Netflix review - pioneering voyage to Mars descends into astrosoap Friday, 11 September 2020 Read more...	Sheridan Smith: Becoming Mum, ITV review - will motherhood be the gateway to a new life? Wednesday, 02 September 2020 Read more...
All Creatures Great and Small, Channel 5 review - revival of vintage vet show is full of Yorkshire promise Wednesday, 02 September 2020 Read more...	Our World: Colombia - Saving Eden, BBC Two review - the war is over, but can they save the rainforests? Wednesday, 26 August 2020 Read more...
The Truth about Cosmetic Treatments, BBC One review - pain, but not much gain? Wednesday, 26 August 2020 Read more...	The Unbelievable Story of Carl Beech, BBC Two review - a stomach-turning swamp of lies and incompetence Tuesday, 25 August 2020 Read more...
Manctopia: Billion Pound Property Boom, BBC Two review - winners and losers as Manchester becomes Manc-hattan Wednesday, 19 August 2020 Read more...	Spree review - a wild ride through social media madness Friday, 14 August 2020 Read more...

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When he was a callow youth of 18, German artist Anselm Keifer got a travel grant to follow in the footsteps of his idol, Vincent van Gogh. Some...

Siglo de Oro, Wigmore Hall review - electronic Lamentations...

Siglo de Oro are a vocal ensemble who specialise in older music – and especially neglected older music – but they have also...

Album: Barry Can't Swim - Loner

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When in the 1990s, Jenny Saville’s peers shunned painting in...

Hot Milk review - a mother of a problem

Rebecca Lenkiewicz’s Hot Milk, adapted from Deborah Levy’s 2016 Man Booker shortlistee, has been described as a "psychological drama"....

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I recently heard a BBC Radio 4 presenter use the troubling phrase: "Not everyone agreed on the reality of that." Once the domain of Andre Breton’s...

Adam Sweeting

Articles By Adam Sweeting

The Undoing, Sky Atlantic review - trouble in paradise for gilded Manhattan couple

Bruce Springsteen's Letter to You, Apple TV+ review - his new album is a matter of life and death

Roadkill, BBC One review - David Hare pokes under the floorboards of the Conservative party

LFF 2020: Never Gonna Snow Again review - mystic masseur with God-like gifts

Emily in Paris, Netflix review - addictive escapism in the City of Light

Enslaved with Samuel L Jackson, BBC Two review - ambitious history of the slave trade falls short

LFF 2020: One Night in Miami review - Kemp Powers's play makes the leap to the big screen

Brave New World, Sky 1 review - Aldous Huxley's novel doesn't look very happy on TV

Away, Netflix review - pioneering voyage to Mars descends into astrosoap

Sheridan Smith: Becoming Mum, ITV review - will motherhood be the gateway to a new life?

All Creatures Great and Small, Channel 5 review - revival of vintage vet show is full of Yorkshire promise

Our World: Colombia - Saving Eden, BBC Two review - the war is over, but can they save the rainforests?

The Truth about Cosmetic Treatments, BBC One review - pain, but not much gain?

The Unbelievable Story of Carl Beech, BBC Two review - a stomach-turning swamp of lies and incompetence

Manctopia: Billion Pound Property Boom, BBC Two review - winners and losers as Manchester becomes Manc-hattan

Spree review - a wild ride through social media madness

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