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

Conclave review - secrets and lies in the Vatican's inner sanctum Saturday, 30 November 2024 Read more...	Senna, Netflix review - the life and legend of Brazil's greatest driver Friday, 29 November 2024 Read more...
Landman, Paramount+ review - once upon a time in the West Thursday, 28 November 2024 Read more...	Gladiator II review - can lightning strike twice? Sunday, 17 November 2024 Read more...
Paris Has Fallen, Prime Video review - Afghan war veteran wreaks a terrible vengeance Thursday, 14 November 2024 Read more...	The Day of the Jackal, Sky Atlantic review - Frederick Forsyth's assassin gets a modern-day makeover Friday, 08 November 2024 Read more...
Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Disney+ review - the Boss grows older defiantly Friday, 01 November 2024 Read more...	London Film Festival 2024 - Angelina Jolie does Maria Callas Thursday, 24 October 2024 Read more...
Rivals, Disney+ review - adultery, skulduggery and political incorrectness Monday, 21 October 2024 Read more...	London Film Festival 2024 - Daniel Craig, Amy Adams, Twiggy, Christopher Reeve and some snails Friday, 18 October 2024 Read more...
London Film Festival 2024 - the Vatican, the Blitz, a trip to Poland and a surfin' nightmare Saturday, 12 October 2024 Read more...	The Hardacres, Channel 5 review - a fishy tale of upward mobility Tuesday, 08 October 2024 Read more...
Joan, ITV1 review - the roller-coaster career of a 1980s jewel thief Saturday, 05 October 2024 Read more...	The Penguin, Sky Atlantic review - power, corruption, lies and prosthetics Tuesday, 01 October 2024 Read more...
Nightsleeper, BBC One review - strangers on a runaway train Friday, 20 September 2024 Read more...	The Perfect Couple, Netflix review - an inconvenient death ruins lavish Nantucket wedding Friday, 13 September 2024 Read more...

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Album: Mocky - Music Will Explain (Choir Music Vol. 1)
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Semele, Royal Opera review - unholy smoke
Poor, slightly silly Semele fries at the sight of lover Jupiter casting off his mortal form, but in Congreve’s and Handel’s supposedly happy...

Sudan, Remember Us review - the revolution will be memorised
In 2019, French-Tunisian journalist and documentary filmmaker Hind Meddeb flew to Sudan after the overthrow of hated dictator Omar al-Bashir,...

Le nozze di Figaro, Glyndebourne review - perceptive humanit...
Over 100 years ago, John Christie envisaged Wagner’s Parsifal with limited forces in the Organ Room at Glyndebourne. He would have been...

Quadrophenia, Sadler's Wells review - missed opportunit...
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...

Adam Sweeting

Articles By Adam Sweeting

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

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

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

Gladiator II review - can lightning strike twice?

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

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

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

London Film Festival 2024 - Angelina Jolie does Maria Callas

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

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

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

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

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

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

Nightsleeper, BBC One review - strangers on a runaway train

The Perfect Couple, Netflix review - an inconvenient death ruins lavish Nantucket wedding

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