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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

John Wick: Chapter 4 review - is this the El Cid of shoot-'em-up movies?

Saturday, 25 March 2023 Read more...

Infinity Pool review - it's like The White Lotus on bad acid

Friday, 24 March 2023 Read more...

Play Dead review - chills, thrills and stolen body parts

Thursday, 16 March 2023 Read more...

Endeavour: The Final Episode, ITV1 review - the final bow for Oxford's finest

Wednesday, 15 March 2023 Read more...

MH370: The Plane That Disappeared, Netflix review - a field day for conspiracy theorists

Friday, 10 March 2023 Read more...

Daisy Jones & The 6, Amazon Prime review - hit rock'n'roll novel doesn't make great TV

Monday, 06 March 2023 Read more...

Liaison, Apple TV+ review - tangly Franglais thriller presses some hot buttons

Thursday, 02 March 2023 Read more...

Drive to Survive, Season 5, Netflix review - fly-on-the wall F1 show may need a reboot

Friday, 24 February 2023 Read more...

The Gold, BBC One review - gripping dramatisation of the 1983 Brink's-Mat bullion robbery

Tuesday, 14 February 2023 Read more...

Fauda, Season 4, Netflix review - Israeli terrorism thriller gets darker and dirtier

Saturday, 04 February 2023 Read more...

Women at War, Netflix review - contrasting stories entwine during the chaos of World War One

Thursday, 26 January 2023 Read more...

Stewart, Sky Documentaries review - touching and insightful portrait of Scottish race ace

Tuesday, 17 January 2023 Read more...

Happy Valley, Series 3, BBC One review - tension mounts as the Yorkshire crime drama approaches its conclusion

Monday, 16 January 2023 Read more...

Stonehouse, ITV review - history repeats itself as farce

Thursday, 05 January 2023 Read more...

Doc Martin Christmas Special, ITV review - Santa comes to Portwenn as the final curtain falls

Tuesday, 27 December 2022 Read more...

All Creatures Great and Small Christmas Special, Channel 5 review - life during wartime with the Yorkshire vets

Saturday, 24 December 2022 Read more...

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Billie Eilish may be one of the biggest names in new music, but here at the O2 Arena, she’s just Billie – the one who stares deep into your soul,...

Sir Brian Clarke (1953-2025) - a personal tribute

Brian Clarke died on 1 July 2025, after a long illness. He was one of the most original British artists of our time – wide-ranging, ground-...

Interview: Quinteto Astor Piazzolla on playing in London and...

“I still can’t believe that some pseudo-critics continue to accuse me of having murdered...

Falstaff, Glyndebourne review - knockabout and nostalgia in...

From the animatronic cat on the bar of the Garter Inn to the rowers’ crew who haul their craft across the stage and the military ranks of “Dig for...

S/HE IS STILL HER/E - The Official Genesis P-Orridge Documen...

“I like guns. At school we had to fight with guns in the army cadets. I’m actually a first-class sniper. I could shoot people from half a mile...

Blu-ray: Heart of Stone

Heart of Stone (Das kalte Herz) was the first colour film produced by...

Superman review - America's ultimate immigrant

A three-century-spanning countdown rapidly ticks to a version of now, and a beaten Superman (David Corenswet) ploughing into Arctic snow. His...

Salome, LSO, Pappano, Barbican review - a partnership in a m...

A Salome without the head of John the Baptist is nothing new: several directors have perversely decided they could do without in recent...