Subjects include: Churchill wishing he could share AS's time in the trenches with him and finding a constituency for him after the war; Churchill's speech in Dundee [Scotland, 5 June 1915, explaining his actions as First Lord on his departure from the Admiralty] being 'the best that is in me'; the bitterness of his situation and his bewilderment and resentment at the actions of Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher, David Lloyd George [Minister of Munitions] and Herbert Asquith [Prime Minister, later 1st Lord Oxford and Asquith]; his concern for AS and Jack [John S Churchill]; his anxiety and frustration over delays in the Dardanelles expedition and feeling that it would be a comfort to serve on the Western Front for a few months; the shortcomings of the Government and Churchill's view that it was necessary to keep working with Lloyd George despite his distrust of him; painting keeping his mind at peace; Clementine Churchill's sister Nellie Hozier [later Nellie Romilly] training as a nurse and Clementine's work with the YMCA; serving with the 6th Royal Scots Fusiliers and his surprise at the lack of enterprise among the officers; whether he should come back home; the failure of an attack on the enemy lines, March 1916; developments against Russia; returning home for the conscription debate, April 1916 and apologising for his lack of consideration; going to Herstmonceux [Sussex] to paint, August 1916; his preparations for the Dardanelles Commission; plans to buy a country house, September 1916 and his sympathy for J L Garvin on the death of his son; suggesting that AS stand as a candidate for Stirling Burghs; the tragedy in the Balkans, November 1916, and Government paralysis; the success of the Royal Naval Division and Bernard Freyberg; Churchill’s anger at not being included in the new Government, December 1916; the possibility of Lloyd George keeping the Air Board for him; the entry of the United States into the war, April 1917; bringing tanks into the cavalry regiments, December 1917 and urging AS to join the Tank Corps; his hopes for the German offensive seeing a final end to the war, December 1917; AS’s marriage to Marigold Forbes; nearly being killed in a flying accident, July 1918.