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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

Ghislaine Maxwell: Epstein's Shadow, Sky Documentaries review - the iniquitous fall of the tycoon's daughter

Friday, 02 July 2021 Read more...

Framing Britney Spears, Sky Documentaries review - the rollercoaster ride of the former teen icon

Thursday, 24 June 2021 Read more...

Physical, Apple TV+ review - too much pain, not enough gain

Tuesday, 22 June 2021 Read more...

Loki, Disney+ review - the God of Mischief gets his own TV series

Thursday, 17 June 2021 Read more...

Lupin, Part 2, Netflix review - master of disguise versus racists and lies

Saturday, 12 June 2021 Read more...

Nobody review - Bob Odenkirk reinvents himself as all-action dynamo

Friday, 11 June 2021 Read more...

The Beast Must Die, Britbox review - a crime story which plumbs psychological depths

Thursday, 10 June 2021 Read more...

Time, BBC One review - grim and gritty study of life behind bars by Jimmy McGovern

Monday, 07 June 2021 Read more...

Mare of Easttown, Season Finale, Sky Atlantic review - great performances in a town called malice

Tuesday, 01 June 2021 Read more...

Before We Die, Channel 4 review - Lesley Sharp excels as a detective in crisis

Thursday, 27 May 2021 Read more...

Cruella review - fabulous fashions, creaky narrative

Thursday, 27 May 2021 Read more...

Those Who Wish Me Dead review - Angelina Jolie battles baddies and blazes in Montana

Friday, 21 May 2021 Read more...

We Are Lady Parts, Channel 4 review - female Muslim punk band rocks the house

Friday, 21 May 2021 Read more...

Army of the Dead review - triumphant return to zombieland by director Zack Snyder

Wednesday, 19 May 2021 Read more...

The Underground Railroad, Amazon Prime review - a horrifying ride through America's heart of darkness

Monday, 17 May 2021 Read more...

The Woman in the Window review - hitching a ride with Hitch

Saturday, 15 May 2021 Read more...

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This is a weird one: I do try and stay on top of pop culture, but for several years, Ethel Cain completely passed me by. You’d think I would have...

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NYO2 is a group of dazzlingly talented (and terrifyingly young-looking) 14-17 year olds from the USA, one of Carnegie Hall’s three national youth...

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Rising temperatures, prickling skin, longing’s all-consuming ache: first love’s swooning symptoms overtake 17-year-old Johanne (Ella Øverbye) in...