Adam Sweeting
Bio
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
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theartsdesk at the Ravenna Festival 2025 - Cervantes, Beetho...
Anyone seeking local genius in an international festival should look no further than the annual Ravenna concerts from Riccardo Muti – Neapolitan...
The Road to Patagonia review - journey to the end of the wor...
The journey not the destination matters in The Road to Patagonia, an epic pilgrimage of 30,000 miles that, unexpectedly, turns into a...
Girl From The North Country, Old Vic review - Dylan's s...
Well, I wasn’t expecting a Dylanesque take on "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'" as an opening number and I was right. But The Zim,...
Insomnia, Channel 5 review - a chronicle of deaths foretold
A mixture of legal drama, medical mystery and psychological thriller with creepy supernatural overtones, Insomnia sometimes seems to be...
The Merry Wives of Windsor, Shakespeare's Globe review...
Shakespeare’s Prince Hal may have rejected Sir John Falstaff as a symbol of his misspent...
Album: Mark Stewart - The Fateful Symmetry
I met Mark Stewart once. It was on a platform at Clapham Junction, I wouldn’t normally approach a famous person like that, but I felt I had to pay...
Run Sister Run, Arcola Theatre review - emphatic emotions, o...
Near the start of Chloë Moss’s latest play, Run...
First Person: country singer Tami Neilson on the superpower...
I was born Tamara Lee Neilson. I had an Uncle Kenny and an Aunt Dolly (who played guitar and banjo, respectively). I mean, did I really have a...
Album: Gwenno - Utopia
Stylistically, Utopia wears multiple faces. Opening cut “London 1757” drifts by like a twig floating upon an unhurried stream. Next, “...