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Bachardy’s self-portraits and drawings of Isherwood pepper the galleries, a confluence that reveals something that should be obvious: Two portrait artists, one pictorial and the other literary, resided for decades in the same household.

The award, which is sponsored by the Christopher Isherwood Foundation, honors exceptional work and encompasses fiction, travel writing, memoir and diary.

Only two nominations are theoretically left - Sam Rowlands and Mark Isherwood.

“I’m surprised Mr. Pollono hasn’t already been snapped up by the hungry maw of television,” Isherwood presciently remarked in an aside.

Conservative Mark Isherwood, who chairs an influential Senedd committee, said he was concerned about a “significant overspend” in attempting to attract the company behind the TVR car.