The Christopher Isherwood Foundation

The Christopher Isherwood Foundation We aim to preserve the creative legacy of writer Christopher Isherwood and painter Don Bachardy.

British sculptor and author Matthew Spender has died aged 81. A marvellously generous, affectionate and candid person, M...
01/06/2026

British sculptor and author Matthew Spender has died aged 81. A marvellously generous, affectionate and candid person, Matthew was the son of Isherwood’s lifelong friend Stephen Spender, the English poet and critic. In 2017, Matthew delivered the second Isherwood-Bachardy Lecture, which focused on the relationship between Isherwood, Spender and Auden in the 1920s and ‘30. A recording of it can be heard here https://m.soundcloud.com/thehuntington/isherwood-auden-and-spender-before-the-second-world-war

22/05/2026

Christopher Isherwood’s biographers Katherine Bucknell and Peter Parker talk about the lifelong friendship between Isherwood and W.H. Auden.

Video by Naman Mukesh Chaudhary

Don Bachardy turns 92 this year. Here he is photographed at his landmark retrospective exhibition at The Huntington Libr...
18/05/2026

Don Bachardy turns 92 this year. Here he is photographed at his landmark retrospective exhibition at The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens in April 2025

Photograph by Sarah Golonka © The Huntington

17/05/2026

Christopher Isherwood’s biographers Katherine Bucknell and Peter Parker talk about Isherwood’s attempts to help escape his German boyfriend Heinz Neddermeyer from extradition and conscription after Hi**er became the Chancellor of Germany in 1933.

Video by Naman Mukesh Chaudhary

14/05/2026

Christopher Isherwood’s biographers Katherine Bucknell and Peter Parker talk about Heinz Neddermeyer, Isherwood’s German boyfriend who is first mentioned in CHRISTOPHER AND HIS KIND.

Video by Naman Mukesh Chaudhary

Vintage Books

10/05/2026

Christopher Isherwood’s biographers Katherine Bucknell and Peter Parker talk about Jean Ross, the inspiration behind the character of Sally Bowles in CHRISTOPHER AND HIS KIND.

Video by Naman Mukesh Chaudhary

Vintage Books

06/05/2026

Christopher Isherwood’s biographers Katherine Bucknell and Peter Parker talk about the significance of the character of Sally Bowles in CHRISTOPHER AND HIS KIND which has been published in a new edition this summer by Vintage Books

Video by Naman Mukesh Chaudhary

01/05/2026

Christopher Isherwood’s biographers Katherine Bucknell and Peter Parker talk about GOODBYE TO BERLIN which has been published in a striking new edition by Vintage Books

Video by Naman Mukesh Chaudhary

29/04/2026

We are thrilled to present the first in a series of videos featuring Christopher Isherwood’s biographers Katherine Bucknell and Peter Parker discussing the four new editions of Christopher Isherwood’s novels published this summer by Vintage Books

Video by Naman Mukesh Chaudhary

Isherwood and Bachardy began a relationship on Valentine’s Day 1953. “The encounter of Kitty and Dobbin was and is such ...
14/02/2026

Isherwood and Bachardy began a relationship on Valentine’s Day 1953. “The encounter of Kitty and Dobbin was and is such a miracle... The chances against were about the same as those of a flying saucer from another galaxy finding the earth.” Isherwood, letter to Bachardy, 2/15/65.

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