Subjects include: the capture of Bardia from Italian forces, Libya, Jan 1941; Winston Churchill's broadcast ["Give us the tools"], Feb 1941; visit to Liverpool to see HMS Gurkha, Feb 1941; Queen Charlotte’s Ball during an air raid, Mar 1941; tours of Swansea [Wales] and Bristol, Apr 1941; injuries suffered by MS's brother-in-law, Duncan Sandys, in a car accident; MS's engagement to Lord Duncannon [later 10th Lord Bessborough], May 1941; MS's decision to join the ATS [the Auxiliary Territorial Service], Jul 1941.