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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

Nightbitch review - Mother's life as a dog

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Conclave review - secrets and lies in the Vatican's inner sanctum

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Senna, Netflix review - the life and legend of Brazil's greatest driver

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Landman, Paramount+ review - once upon a time in the West

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Gladiator II review - can lightning strike twice?

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Paris Has Fallen, Prime Video review - Afghan war veteran wreaks a terrible vengeance

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The Day of the Jackal, Sky Atlantic review - Frederick Forsyth's assassin gets a modern-day makeover

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Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Disney+ review - the Boss grows older defiantly

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London Film Festival 2024 - Angelina Jolie does Maria Callas

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Rivals, Disney+ review - adultery, skulduggery and political incorrectness

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London Film Festival 2024 - Daniel Craig, Amy Adams, Twiggy, Christopher Reeve and some snails

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London Film Festival 2024 - the Vatican, the Blitz, a trip to Poland and a surfin' nightmare

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The Hardacres, Channel 5 review - a fishy tale of upward mobility

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Joan, ITV1 review - the roller-coaster career of a 1980s jewel thief

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The Penguin, Sky Atlantic review - power, corruption, lies and prosthetics

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Nightsleeper, BBC One review - strangers on a runaway train

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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...

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Some world champion racing drivers make it look effortless, but it was never that way for Damon Hill. His path to the championship he won in 1996...

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Despite being Mercury nominated, Bazza’s hardly a household name. Nevertheless, his debut album ...

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