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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

Synth Britannia, BBC Four

Friday, 16 October 2009 Read more...

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

Tuesday, 13 October 2009 Read more...

Fringe, Sky 1

Sunday, 11 October 2009 Read more...

Micro Men, BBC Four

Thursday, 08 October 2009 Read more...

Stargate Universe, Sky 1

Tuesday, 06 October 2009 Read more...

Carmen, Royal Opera

Saturday, 03 October 2009 Read more...

2009 Classic FM Gramophone Awards, Dorchester Hotel

Friday, 02 October 2009 Read more...

The Art of Dying, BBC Four

Wednesday, 30 September 2009 Read more...

DVD Release: Twin Spirits (Opus Arte)

Wednesday, 30 September 2009 Read more...

Electric Dreams, BBC Four

Tuesday, 29 September 2009 Read more...

FlashForward, Five

Monday, 28 September 2009 Read more...

Haitink, Chicago SO, Royal Festival Hall

Wednesday, 23 September 2009 Read more...

The South Bank Show, ITV1

Sunday, 20 September 2009 Read more...

Spiral, Series 2, BBC Four

Friday, 18 September 2009 Read more...

Kurt & Sid, Trafalgar 2 Studios, Whitehall

Tuesday, 15 September 2009 Read more...

Julia McKenzie's Marple

Saturday, 12 September 2009 Read more...

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Album: The Divine Comedy - Rainy Sunday Afternoon

Neil Hannon has been recording and touring as the Divine Comedy since 1989 and has tried a fair few flavours along the way, from chamber pop to...

The Producers, Garrick Theatre review - Ve haf vays of makin...

Unexpectedly, there’s a sly reference to James Joyce’s Ulysses interpolated into Act One (in case we hadn’t caught the not...

Lammermuir Festival 2025, Part 2 review - from the soaringly...

My colleague Boyd Tonkin visited the Lammermuir Festival for the first time this year. His eyes and ears have been opened to its treasures, but...

Frances Wilson: Electric Spark - The Enigma of Muriel Spark...

How do you tell the story of a person’s mind? In the preface to Electric Spark: The Enigma of Muriel Spark, published this year by...

Blu-ray: The Sons of Great Bear

Westerns had long been popular with German cinema audiences, some of the most successful being early 1960s West German adaptations of novels by...

Spinal Tap II: The End Continues review - comedy rock band f...

That difficult second documentary – or if you will, “rockumentary” – seems to have been especially challenging for...

Tosca, Welsh National Opera review - a great company reduced...

So it’s come to this: WNO’s autumn season reduced to two operas, a Tosca borrowed from Opera North and a revival of their own Candide...

Not Your Superwoman, Bush Theatre review - powerful tribute...

The Bush is likely to continue its fine recent run of hit plays, with this funny, poignant, culturally authentic and beautifully acted two-hander...

Music Reissues Weekly: Robyn - Robyn 20th-Anniversary Editio...

Sometimes, record labels don’t like what those on their roster have recorded. Such was the case with BMG Sweden and Robin Carlsson who, as Robyn,...