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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

Spider-Man: Homecoming review - fresh, funny version of the arachnid avenger

Wednesday, 05 July 2017 Read more...

Melvyn Bragg on TV, BBC Two review – too many talking heads, too little action

Sunday, 02 July 2017 Read more...

Sudan: The Last of the Rhinos, BBC Two review - requiem for disappearing wildlife

Thursday, 29 June 2017 Read more...

Bat Out of Hell, Coliseum review - Jim Steinman's rockin' dystopia hits the stage

Wednesday, 21 June 2017 Read more...

Chance, Universal review – Hugh Laurie is reborn as a film-noir shrink

Wednesday, 21 June 2017 Read more...

Ripper Street, BBC Two, Series 5 review – apocalypse looms in Victorian Whitechapel

Tuesday, 20 June 2017 Read more...

Whitney: Can I Be Me review - tragic account of superstar who fell to earth

Wednesday, 14 June 2017 Read more...

Poldark, Series 3, BBC One review - tempestuous passions and pantomime villains ride again

Monday, 12 June 2017 Read more...

Summer of Love: How Hippies Changed the World review - the weird and wonderful roots of the Sixties counterculture

Saturday, 10 June 2017 Read more...

The Mummy review – please don't let them make a sequel

Friday, 09 June 2017 Read more...

Ackley Bridge, Channel 4 review – can the town's new academy bring racial and social harmony?

Thursday, 08 June 2017 Read more...

Sgt Pepper's Musical Revolution, BBC Two review - how the Fab Four changed pop music forever

Sunday, 04 June 2017 Read more...

Wonder Woman review - Gal Gadot shines in uneven superhero yarn

Thursday, 01 June 2017 Read more...

CD: Roger Waters – Is This the Life We Really Want?

Thursday, 01 June 2017 Read more...

Broken, BBC One review - things look bleak in McGovernville

Wednesday, 31 May 2017 Read more...

Sachin: A Billion Dreams review - the incredible feats of cricket's 'Little Master'

Friday, 26 May 2017 Read more...

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Lily Phillips, Monkey Barrel ★★★★

Lily Phillips is keen to tell us at the top of her...

The Kingdom review - coming of age as the body count rises

The acorn doesn’t fall far from the tree is the bitter message of The Kingdom. Director and co-writer...

Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby, Rambert, Sa...

If you have never watched a single episode of the BBC period gangster drama Peaky Blinders, I am not sure what you would make...

Mogwai / Lankum, South Facing Festival review - rich atmosph...

Running as part of the South Facing Festival in Crystal Palace Bowl, Thursday’s headliners, Mogwai, and their friends across the water, Lankum,...

Edinburgh Fringe 2025 reviews: The Beautiful Future is Comin...

The Beautiful Future is Coming, Traverse Theatre ★★...

Weapons review - suffer the children

Weapons’ enigmatic title, as with Zach...

Classical CDs: Hamlet, harps and haiku

 

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Album: Alison Goldfrapp - Flux

It’s impossible to overstate how much the early 2000s records of Goldfrapp – the duo of Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory – set the tone for the...