diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwdialogue/journal.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwdialogue/journal.cpp
index b1d85f729b..42cce5cf55 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwdialogue/journal.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwdialogue/journal.cpp
@@ -43,6 +43,21 @@ namespace MWDialogue
         quest.setIndex (index, *mEnvironment.mWorld);
     }
 
+    void Journal::addTopic (const std::string& topicId, const std::string& infoId)
+    {
+        TTopicContainer::iterator iter = mTopics.find (topicId);
+
+        if (iter==mTopics.end())
+        {
+            std::pair<TTopicContainer::iterator, bool> result
+                = mTopics.insert (std::make_pair (topicId, Topic (topicId)));
+
+            iter = result.first;
+        }
+
+        iter->second.addEntry (JournalEntry (topicId, infoId), *mEnvironment.mWorld);
+    }
+
     int Journal::getJournalIndex (const std::string& id) const
     {
         return 0;
@@ -67,4 +82,14 @@ namespace MWDialogue
     {
         return mQuests.end();
     }
+
+    Journal::TTopicIter Journal::topicBegin() const
+    {
+        return mTopics.begin();
+    }
+
+    Journal::TTopicIter Journal::topicEnd() const
+    {
+        return mTopics.end();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwdialogue/journal.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwdialogue/journal.hpp
index 5477ae5a53..ff1343945d 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwdialogue/journal.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwdialogue/journal.hpp
@@ -24,12 +24,15 @@ namespace MWDialogue
             typedef TEntryContainer::const_iterator TEntryIter;
             typedef std::map<std::string, Quest> TQuestContainer; // topc, quest
             typedef TQuestContainer::const_iterator TQuestIter;
+            typedef std::map<std::string, Topic> TTopicContainer; // topic-id, topic-content
+            typedef TTopicContainer::const_iterator TTopicIter;
 
         private:
 
             MWWorld::Environment& mEnvironment;
             TEntryContainer mJournal;
             TQuestContainer mQuests;
+            TTopicContainer mTopics;
 
             Quest& getQuest (const std::string& id);
 
@@ -46,6 +49,8 @@ namespace MWDialogue
             int getJournalIndex (const std::string& id) const;
             ///< Get the journal index.
 
+            void addTopic (const std::string& topicId, const std::string& infoId);
+
             TEntryIter begin() const;
             ///< Iterator pointing to the begin of the main journal.
             ///
@@ -59,6 +64,14 @@ namespace MWDialogue
 
             TQuestIter questEnd() const;
             ///< Iterator pointing past the last quest.
+
+            TTopicIter topicBegin() const;
+            ///< Iterator pointing to the first topic (sorted by topic ID)
+            ///
+            /// \note The topic ID is identical with the user-visible topic string.
+
+            TTopicIter topicEnd() const;
+            ///< Iterator pointing past the last topic.
     };
 }