'Radzinovitch?', 'Prof. J. Rotblat', 'David Shoenberg', 'George Trevelyan', 'Prof. Wisdom', 'Vicky Weisskopf', 'Dennis Wilkinson'.
Describes his difficulty in focusing on work, finds analysis painful, has distanced himself from his family except for Frances [Whyte]; is going to hear Solomon [Cutner] in his American debut, [Artur] Schnabel has cancelled concerts due to illness, is going to three performances of the New York Philharmonic conducted by [Bruno] Walter including one featuring [Clifford] Curzon, and two ballets featuring [Alexandra] Danilova and [Alicia] Markova; the best thing he has seen is Marcel Pagnol's film 'Marius', which has the texture of a novel; asks for details of his psychiatrist; asks about friends there, news of Dave Calhoun and Tony, glad to hear Mr Wisdom is looking good.
Trinity College, Cambridge. - Would be glad to receive detective magazines; has been feeling 'rotten' most of the summer; Malcolm will be able to do decent work in teaching philosophy 'only by a miracle'; has not heard from Smythies; sees Skinner regularly but Wisdom not at all.
John Wisdom and the existence of God: Berwick St James, Salisbury
76 Storey's Way, Cambridge. - Improvement due to radiotherapy; very weak; biography of Rommel by Desmond Young; glad von Wright proposed Malcolm [for the Philosophy Chair at Cambridge]; has seen reviews of a book by Toulmin and one containing articles by Wisdom, Waismann, Ryle, and 'other charlatans', saw a remark of Waismann that came straight out of his own lectures.