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Details his recent activities at Reddish House, including reading books on Gainsborough and supervising decorators. Plans a short trip to London.

Describes his activities during his trip to London, including shopping for antiques, attending a play starring Gladys Cooper, going to a dinner for Duff and Diana Cooper, lunches with a director of the Old Vic, and with Diana Cooper and Evelyn Waugh. Discusses Queen Mary's theatre going habits. Confesses his fear of Evelyn Waugh. Mentions plans for a project on Gainsborough. Details a visit to Reddish from Juliet Duff and her guests.

Worries about the nearness of death. Speculates that these concerns have been brought on by the impending death of his elderly female friend and neighbour, and a visit from his youngest sister who now has children. Details his activities at Reddish and during a two night stay in London. Suggests that he and Garbo stay with David in Morocco. Writes that he is enjoying not being involved in filmmaking. Refers to his inheritance from an aunt. Postscript: News that a wasps' nest has just been found in his roof.

Announces that he is working on a play about Gainsborough. Describes Bebe's [Christian Berard] visit and their attendance at the Duchess of Kent's fancy dress party. Details his activities during his visit to London, including meeting with his 'Greek friend' and George Cukor. Invites Garbo to stay with him. Postscript: Details of his life back at Reddish House, including tea with Juliet Duff, George Cukor and John Gielgud.

Entreats Garbo to visit him. Describes summer at Reddish House and its surroundings. Mentions Clarissa Churchill, and David. Details a two day visit to London, including theatre trips.

Complains that Garbo has not written to answer his questions. Describes a special screening of 'The eagle with two heads' in London, attended by Jean Cocteau, Bebe [Christian Berard], and the Duchess of Kent, among others. Details his activities during a further two nights in London, including attending a performance of 'All my sons' and spending an evening with Tennessee Williams. Writes about a theatre-going trip to Stratford-upon-Avon. Praises the actor, Paul Schofield, starring in 'Hamlet'. Mentions Diana Wynyard. Writes that he is having a break from writing his Gainsborough play.

Misses Garbo. Details his activities during a week working on photography in London, including attending a performance of 'Glass Menagerie' starring Helen Hayes. Reports that Tennessee Williams brought his family to London for the occasion but then returned to Paris himself. Describes his stay at an Elizabethan, grey stone house in Bradford-upon-Avon, including a trip into the countryside with Clarissa Churchill. Rejects a treatment of George Sand as 'phoney'. Hopes that Garbo will not make a film with George Cukor whilst Beaton is engaged to work for Alexander Korda. Plans to travel to Paris the following day, but has not yet decided whether or not to go to Morroco.

Refers to two plays that he has been writing. Writes that Clarissa Churchill has bought 'Rose bower' cottage near Reddish House. Mentions that he will do the design, at short notice, for a John Gielgud play. Sends news of his gardening efforts and the acquisition of geese at Reddish, and of an attempted burglary at his London house.

Writes about his design work on plays starring Lawrence Olivier and John Gielgud. Regrets that the dock strike has delayed his return to New York. Looks forward to taking Garbo to visit the Empire State, Nella Webb, and Mr Klouskowsky. Plans his week in London, listing the plays that he will attend. Speculates that he has had no news from the Palace because they occupied with the King's illness.

Complains of bad weather and a bad cold. Reports that he has been in London to arrange and open an exhibition, to see Lawrence Olivier's production of 'School for scandal' which he designed, and to make arrangements for his Gainsborough play to be produced. Mentions he may design for Wendy Hiller's new play. Sends news of Clarissa Churchill and her new cottage, Michael Duff and Juliet Duff. Enthuses about the novel, 'Adolphe', quoting a passage that reminded him of his time with Garbo, but advises Garbo that she should not star in a film version. Likens Garbo to Empress Elizabeth.