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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 Village, ITV review - the weird and wonderful micro-climate of Portmeirion

Wednesday, 29 April 2020 Read more...

Van der Valk, ITV review - can the Dutch detective make a successful comeback?

Monday, 27 April 2020 Read more...

Gangs of London, Sky Atlantic review - bloody terrifying

Friday, 24 April 2020 Read more...

The Truth about Amazon, Channel 4 review - buyer beware

Wednesday, 22 April 2020 Read more...

A Country Life for Half the Price, Channel 5 review - Essex couple Sam and Lucy become rural entrepreneurs

Wednesday, 22 April 2020 Read more...

DVD: The Year of the Sex Olympics

Tuesday, 21 April 2020 Read more...

Earth and Blood, Netflix review - tense and broody thriller ultimately falls short

Saturday, 18 April 2020 Read more...

Quiz, ITV review - cheats never prosper. Well, hardly ever

Thursday, 16 April 2020 Read more...

Believe Me: The Cyprus Rape Case, ITV review - British teenager’s holiday from hell

Wednesday, 15 April 2020 Read more...

Prue Leith: Journey with My Daughter, Channel 4 review - an emotional journey into the past

Wednesday, 15 April 2020 Read more...

Blu-ray: Rio Grande

Wednesday, 15 April 2020 Read more...

Danger Close review - the Vietnam war from an Australian perspective

Saturday, 11 April 2020 Read more...

theartsdesk Q&A: actor Gemma Whelan

Saturday, 11 April 2020 Read more...

Alma's Not Normal, BBC Two review - bare-knuckle comedy pilot hits the spot

Thursday, 09 April 2020 Read more...

Return to Belsen, ITV review - Jonathan Dimbleby retraces his father's journey to a nightmare world

Wednesday, 08 April 2020 Read more...

The Iron Mask review - preposterous multi-national fantasy

Wednesday, 08 April 2020 Read more...

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Bizet in 150th anniversary year: rich and rare French offeri...

Georges Bizet was born on this day in 1838. He died at the tragically early age of 36, 150 years ago, and the anniversary year has brought forth...

Pop Will Eat Itself, O2 Institute, Birmingham review - Poppi...

As the Poppies’ set at Birmingham’s O2 Academy drew to an end on Friday night, co-vocalist Mary Byker barked into his microphone: “Reform is on...

Janine Harouni, Soho Theatre review - families and surviving...

Write about what you know, they say. And just as her previous show was about imminent motherhood (she performed the show while heavily...

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Witch Fever are a rising three-piece, originally formed in ...

The Mastermind review - another slim but nourishing slice of...

The clatter of cool jazz on the soundtrack announces writer-director Kelly Reichardt’s latest project, the kind of score that back in the day...

Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Ibragimova, Queen’s Hall, Edinbu...

The Scottish Chamber Orchestra punches well above its weight when it comes to guest artists, and it was a big thing for them to have someone of...