Michael Delgado

Assistant Editor @Apollo_magazine. Formerly @Lit_Review. Writes for @TheTLS @prospect_uk @FT @theipaper @spectator & elsewhere.

[Michael Delgado @michaelhdelgado]

Very happy and grateful to be longlisted for the Burgess Prize, for a thing I wrote on Hlynur Pálmason’s gorgeous short film NEST.

[Anthony Burgess Foundation @anthonyburgess]

Luke Hallam ✍️ Perhat Tursun's novel The Backstreets: A Novel from Xinjiang

Maya Jones ✍️ Annie Ernaux's memoir Getting Lost

Michael Delgado ✍️ Hlynur Palmason's shoft film Nest

Miles Beard ✍️ Tao Lin's novel Leave Society

Peter Davies ✍️ Eric Ravilious's film Drawn to War

[Apollo Magazine @Apollo_magazine]

Anthony McCall’s light works, currently on show @Tate, are beguiling installations that question the very nature of matter, writes @michaelhdelgado

[Apollo Magazine @Apollo_magazine]

The UK is likely to have a new government soon, but whether that will have any effect on Britain’s funding of the arts is another matter, writes @michaelhdelgado

[Apollo Magazine @Apollo_magazine]

Ahead of the opening of his @Tate Britain commission, Alvaro Barrington talks to Michael Delgado about being inspired by Tupac and Cy Twombly, and wanting to involve communities in everything he does

[Apollo Magazine @Apollo_magazine]

Now 20 years old, @ComptonVerney, the country house museum in Warwickshire, has developed a distinctive approach to collecting – and it’s paying off handsomely

[Michael Delgado @michaelhdelgado]

I wrote about Joshua Leon’s bracingly sparse installation at @ChisenhaleGal for @Apollo_magazine

https://t.co/IOcIDrM5KN

[Literary Review @Lit_Review]

Literary Review is hiring! We're looking for an Editorial Assistant, working 3–4 days a week from our office in Soho.

More details here: https://t.co/cdc3e3oHhv

[Michael Delgado @michaelhdelgado]

Very nice to see Sarah Bernstein’s sensational STUDY FOR OBEDIENCE on the #BookerPrize shortlist – here’s a snippet of my review for @Lit_Review.

https://t.co/Bou5OMoNLf

[Michael Delgado @michaelhdelgado]

I’m in today’s @ftweekend with a couple of little radio reviews of Lines in the Sand, a drama based on the life of Gertrude Bell, and the documentary Police on Steroids.

[Michael Delgado @michaelhdelgado]

@flintculture Hi, sure - it’s michaelhugodelgado [at] https://t.co/vLgJFIAEhB

[The i Paper @theipaper]

The lack of household names, the number of British writers and the quality of the Booker Prize longlist are all something to be celebrated

🖋️ @michaelhdelgado for @ipaperviews

https://t.co/7fQddchTw9

[Michael Delgado @michaelhdelgado]

I like the #bookerprize2023 longlist a lot! A few thoughts from me for @theipaper:

https://t.co/QAbnRlY4gV

[Prospect @prospect_uk]

With one episode to go, there’s now all to play for...

https://t.co/2q0tU9r6Wj

#Succession

[Michael Delgado @michaelhdelgado]

Ahead of the #InternationalBooker2023 announcement this evening, I've written a thing for @theipaper on some of my favourite recent books in translation, and a few to look forward to later this year.

https://t.co/hBpmRESD1z

[Literary Review @Lit_Review]

'The home secretary’s failure to offer a safe route to the UK to Afghan journalists has left them vulnerable to kidnap, arrest and assassination.'

In Silenced Voices, @lucyjpop looks at the oppression of journalists in Afghanistan.

https://t.co/GcJqTrX3Ch

[Michael Delgado @michaelhdelgado]

I reviewed the ever-fascinating Max Porter's latest for @Lit_Review. With a few small caveats, it's another blinder.

https://t.co/T9d0l8kuAV

[Sam Leith 🐝 @questingvole]

My bit on the Dahl wars https://t.co/2S6XY1xI3U

[Michael Delgado @michaelhdelgado]

For @Lit_Review I tackled Martin MacInnes’s ‘In Ascension’, a bloated literary sci-fi epic that has some interesting ideas but also lots of very lazy writing.

[Michael Delgado @michaelhdelgado]

@morwennadelmar Thanks v much xx

[Michael Delgado @michaelhdelgado]

Very happy and grateful to be longlisted for the Burgess Prize, for a thing I wrote on Hlynur Pálmason’s gorgeous short film NEST.

[Anthony Burgess Foundation @anthonyburgess]

Luke Hallam ✍️ Perhat Tursun's novel The Backstreets: A Novel from Xinjiang

Maya Jones ✍️ Annie Ernaux's memoir Getting Lost

Michael Delgado ✍️ Hlynur Palmason's shoft film Nest

Miles Beard ✍️ Tao Lin's novel Leave Society

Peter Davies ✍️ Eric Ravilious's film Drawn to War

[Michael Delgado @michaelhdelgado]

@PalmerTim1 Thanks Tim!

[Michael Delgado @michaelhdelgado]

@conductorben Thank you! X