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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

Cuba: Castro vs the World, BBC Two - turbulent life and times of El Comandante

Wednesday, 12 August 2020 Read more...

The Deceived, Channel 5 review - who's fooling who?

Thursday, 06 August 2020 Read more...

Little Birds, Sky Atlantic review - decadence and intrigue in 1950s Morocco

Wednesday, 05 August 2020 Read more...

The Talk, Channel 4 review - coping with the legacy of racism

Wednesday, 05 August 2020 Read more...

Unhinged review - road-rage Russ goes gonzo

Friday, 31 July 2020 Read more...

Prodigal Son, Sky 1 review - meet Michael Sheen, psycho killer

Wednesday, 29 July 2020 Read more...

Our Baby: A Modern Miracle, Channel 4 review - trailblazing couple's amazing journey

Wednesday, 29 July 2020 Read more...

Laurel Canyon, Sky Documentaries review - musical bliss in lotus land

Sunday, 26 July 2020 Read more...

Piranhas review - riding with the teenage gangs of Naples

Thursday, 23 July 2020 Read more...

The Real Eastenders, Channel 4 review - timewarp on the Thames

Wednesday, 22 July 2020 Read more...

The Plot Against America, Sky Atlantic review - fascism comes to 1940s USA

Wednesday, 15 July 2020 Read more...

The Rise of the Murdoch Dynasty, BBC Two review - how the Aussie tycoon acquired huge political leverage

Wednesday, 15 July 2020 Read more...

Litigante review - an unflashy film which rings true

Friday, 10 July 2020 Read more...

Mrs America, BBC Two review - how a conservative revolutionary scuppered the Equal Rights Amendment

Thursday, 09 July 2020 Read more...

The Choir: Singing for Britain Finale, BBC Two review - stirring songs from a garden shed

Wednesday, 08 July 2020 Read more...

The Battle of Britain, Channel 5 review - 80th anniversary of the RAF's finest hour

Wednesday, 08 July 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...

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

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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...