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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A House in Jerusalem review - a haunted house and country
The Israel-Palestine conflict aptly infuses a haunted house in Muayad Alayan’s story of layered loss. The Shapiro family home in Jerusalem which...
Music Reissues Weekly: The Beatles - Stowe School 1963
“We hope if you like it, you'll buy it,” says Paul McCartney. It’s 4 April 1963 and The Beatles are on stage and about to perform their third...
theartsdesk Q&A: Matthew Modine on 'Hard Miles...
Maybe California-born Matthew Modine caught the movie bug courtesy of his father Mark, who used to manage drive-in theatres, but after bagging his...
Album: Marina Allen - Eight Pointed Star
While some tracks on Marina Allen’s third album are country accented and a pedal steel is used a few times, it’s impossible to categorise as ...
Lie Low, Royal Court review - short sharp sliver of pain
Faye is okay. Or, at least she says she’s okay. But is she really? And, if she really is, like really okay, why is she seeking help for her...
The Beast review - AI takes over the job centre
Adaptations of Henry James have often failed to click over the years. The author’s private, introspective works – sightseeing trips around people’...
Judy Chicago Revelations, Serpentine Gallery review - art de...
Being a successful artist is not Judy Chicago’s primary goal. She abandoned that ambition six decades ago when the Los Angeles art world greeted...
Album: Becky Hill - Believe Me Now?
There’s a whole generation of singers who’ve risen to considerable fame on the back of the return of home-grown commercial dance music to the...
Boys from the Blackstuff, National Theatre review - a lyrica...
Prolific playwright James Graham was born in 1982, the year Alan Bleasdale's...
Murrihy, Martineau, Wigmore Hall review - poise, transformat...
Peerless among the constellation of Irish singers making waves around the world, mezzo Paula Murrihy first dazzled London as Ascanio in Terry...