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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

Army of the Dead review - triumphant return to zombieland by director Zack Snyder

Wednesday, 19 May 2021 Read more...

The Underground Railroad, Amazon Prime review - a horrifying ride through America's heart of darkness

Monday, 17 May 2021 Read more...

The Woman in the Window review - hitching a ride with Hitch

Saturday, 15 May 2021 Read more...

Domina, Sky Atlantic review - a little less conversation, a little more action required

Saturday, 15 May 2021 Read more...

Danny Boy, BBC Two review - when law and war collide

Thursday, 13 May 2021 Read more...

Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young: Déjà Vu 50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition

Tuesday, 11 May 2021 Read more...

Line of Duty, Series 6 Finale, BBC One review - crafty ending leaves wriggle room for a sequel

Monday, 03 May 2021 Read more...

Intergalactic, Sky One review - lovely CGI, shame about the drama

Saturday, 01 May 2021 Read more...

Viewpoint, ITV review - the perils of the peeping tom police

Wednesday, 28 April 2021 Read more...

Line of Duty, Series 6, Episode 6, BBC One review - the pace accelerates for AC-12's final countdown

Monday, 26 April 2021 Read more...

Mare of Easttown, Sky Atlantic review - Kate Winslet shines in finely-drawn Pennsylvania mystery

Tuesday, 20 April 2021 Read more...

Promising Young Woman, Sky Cinema review - Emerald Fennell's brilliant directorial debut

Monday, 19 April 2021 Read more...

Bent Coppers: Crossing the Line of Duty, BBC Two review - when crime paid handsomely for corrupt officers

Thursday, 15 April 2021 Read more...

Too Close, ITV review - capable cast struggles with unrewarding material

Wednesday, 14 April 2021 Read more...

Sound of Metal review - hidden depths behind the decibels

Thursday, 08 April 2021 Read more...

Intruder, Channel 5 review - implausible but watchable

Wednesday, 07 April 2021 Read more...

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Album: Benedicte Maurseth - Mirra

During the opening seconds of Mirra, an unusual sound leaps out – a grunting. It’s integral to a shifting aural pallete which also...

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How often is an orchestral concert perfect in every texture, every instrumental entry, every phrase? Wednesday's Phiharmonia Prom struck sound-...

Blu-ray: Finis Terrae

British audiences of a certain age will note Finis Terrae’s similarity to Finisterre, one of the 31 sea areas listed in the BBC’s ...

The Gathered Leaves, Park Theatre review - dated script lift...

The Gathered Leaves is set on the tectonic plates of a middle-class family menu reunion, in which three generations grapple with the...

As You Like It: A Radical Retelling, Edinburgh International...

There is, let’s be honest, a certain self-congratulatory self-satisfaction among some particularly well-heeled sections of the Edinburgh...

Album: Nova Twins - Parasites & Butterflies

For Nova Twins, the alternative rock/metal duo of Amy Love and Georgia South, the years since 2020 have been a non-stop journey of evolution....

Oslo Stories Trilogy: Sex review - sexual identity slips, hu...

Two chimney sweeps sit by a window. The boss (Thorbjørn Harr) recounts a dream meeting with David Bowie, who disconcertingly looks at...

BBC Proms: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Mäkelä review - de...

Klaus Mäkelä teased out all the fragility and the sense of impending mortality in Mahler’s Fifth Symphony, revealing a vision that was as...

Hostage, Netflix review - entente not-too-cordiale

Conceived and written by Matt Charman, whose CV...