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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

Far From the Madding Crowd

Friday, 01 May 2015 Read more...

Empire, E4

Wednesday, 29 April 2015 Read more...

Safe House, ITV

Tuesday, 21 April 2015 Read more...

Child 44

Friday, 17 April 2015 Read more...

Newzoids / Thunderbirds Are Go, ITV

Thursday, 16 April 2015 Read more...

Good Kill

Thursday, 09 April 2015 Read more...

A Nation Divided? The Charlie Hebdo Aftermath, BBC Three

Tuesday, 31 March 2015 Read more...

Coalition, Channel 4

Sunday, 29 March 2015 Read more...

The Voices

Friday, 20 March 2015 Read more...

Ordinary Lies, BBC One

Wednesday, 18 March 2015 Read more...

The Gunman

Wednesday, 18 March 2015 Read more...

Poldark, BBC One

Monday, 09 March 2015 Read more...

theartsdesk Q&A: Actress MyAnna Buring

Monday, 02 March 2015 Read more...

The South Bank Show: Mark Rylance, Sky Arts 1

Wednesday, 25 February 2015 Read more...

Reinventing the Royals, BBC Two

Friday, 20 February 2015 Read more...

DVD: Fury

Friday, 20 February 2015 Read more...

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The first Jurassic Park movie now seems virtually Jurassic itself, having been released in the sepia-tinged year of 1993. Directed with...

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Semele, Royal Opera review - unholy smoke

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In 2019, French-Tunisian journalist and documentary filmmaker Hind Meddeb flew to Sudan after the overthrow of hated dictator Omar al-Bashir,...

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Over 100 years ago, John Christie envisaged Wagner’s Parsifal with limited forces in the Organ Room at Glyndebourne. He would have been...

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The red, white and blue bull’s-eye on the front curtain at Sadler’s Wells tells us we are in the familiar territory of Pete Townshend’s...

Fidelio, Garsington Opera review - a battle of sunshine and...

Sometimes, as the first act of Beethoven’s Fidelio closes, the chorus of prisoners discreetly fade away backstage as their brief taste of...