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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

SAS Rogue Heroes, Series 2, BBC One review - Paddy Mayne's renegade warriors invade Italy

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All Creatures Great and Small, Christmas Special, Channel 5 review - Mrs Hall steps into the spotlight

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Death in Paradise Christmas Special, BBC One review - who killed Santa Claus?

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Queer review - Daniel Craig meets William Burroughs

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Black Doves, Netflix review - Keira Knightley and Ben Whishaw battle against the implausible

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Nightbitch review - Mother's life as a dog

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Conclave review - secrets and lies in the Vatican's inner sanctum

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Senna, Netflix review - the life and legend of Brazil's greatest driver

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Landman, Paramount+ review - once upon a time in the West

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Gladiator II review - can lightning strike twice?

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Paris Has Fallen, Prime Video review - Afghan war veteran wreaks a terrible vengeance

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The Day of the Jackal, Sky Atlantic review - Frederick Forsyth's assassin gets a modern-day makeover

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Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Disney+ review - the Boss grows older defiantly

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London Film Festival 2024 - Angelina Jolie does Maria Callas

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Rivals, Disney+ review - adultery, skulduggery and political incorrectness

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London Film Festival 2024 - Daniel Craig, Amy Adams, Twiggy, Christopher Reeve and some snails

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It was guaranteed: string masterpieces by Vaughan Williams, Britten and Elgar would be played and conducted at the very highest level by John...

The Maids, Donmar Warehouse review - vibrant cast lost in a...

Jean Genet’s 1947 play has been quite a clothes-horse over the years, at times a glamorous confection dressed by designers, and...

The Diplomat, Season 3, Netflix review - Ambassador Kate Wyl...

The return of this entertaining political drama is always...

Gilbert & George, 21st Century Pictures, Hayward Gallery...

There was a time when Gilbert & George made provocative pictures that probed the body politic for sore points that others preferred to ignore...

Yazmin Lacey confirms her place in a vital soul movement wit...

We are in – it needs to be shouted from the rooftops every day – a golden age of British soul and jazz. It isn’t just about a few quality artists...

The Perfect Neighbor, Netflix review - Florida found-footage...

Another day, another shooting: this is Florida, USA, where the "Stand Your...

Bryony Kimmings, Soho Theatre Walthamstow review - captivati...

Bryony Kimmings’ new show – her first in five years – was created to celebrate the opening of Soho Walthamstow, the previously...

Blu-ray: Le Quai des Brumes

From its opening scene, Le Quai des Brumes (Port of Shadows,1938) feels like a reverie, a period of sustained waiting, during...