Christopher Isherwood’s Los Angeles
Despite living for years with Christopher Isherwood, Don Bachardy never once peeked at his diaries. “We agreed that we mustn’t give each other access to our diaries because we become self-conscious,” said Bachardy, a painter and Isherwood’s lifelong partner, who started keeping his own diary at Isherwood’s suggestion. Bachardy only began to read the diaries the night Isherwood died. He took three months, reading from most recent to oldest, and had only one regret. “I was very sorry that it never occurred to me that if I didn’t share them …
