Hosts Tash Walker and Adam Zmith speak to LGBTQ+ elders and peers about life in Britain, inspired by volunteers' log books from the helpline Switchboard since 1974.
Each episode features an intimate conversation with an LGBTQ+ person, as they reflect with Adam and Tash on community, family, volunteering for Switchboard, going out for the night, and the huge shift in LGBTQ+ politics and culture since 1974.
Season 4 starts on January 1st 2026 with all-new weekly episodes, marking the release of Tash and Adam's book, The Log Books: Voices of Queer Britain and the Helpline that Listened, published by Faber & Faber.
WINNER of several awards including Best New Podcast (Gold) at the British Podcast Awards 2020.
An Aunt Nell Production in partnership with Faber.
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Hosts Tash Walker and Adam Zmith speak to LGBTQ+ elders and peers about life in Britain, inspired by volunteers' log books from the helpline Switchboard since 1974.
Each episode features an intimate conversation with an LGBTQ+ person, as they reflect with Adam and Tash on community, family, volunteering for Switchboard, going out for the night, and the huge shift in LGBTQ+ politics and culture since 1974.
Season 4 starts on January 1st 2026 with all-new weekly episodes, marking the release of Tash and Adam's book, The Log Books: Voices of Queer Britain and the Helpline that Listened, published by Faber & Faber.
WINNER of several awards including Best New Podcast (Gold) at the British Podcast Awards 2020.
An Aunt Nell Production in partnership with Faber.
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/thelogbooks.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
We have so many fascinating stories for our final episode of the season: a lesbian who helped a gay immigrant to stay legally in the UK, a gay refugee who fled Syria, an Indian who learnt that cruising is different in India, Canada and the UK, and a British Indian who built mixed dance nights for London’s range of cultures.
Tash and Adam hear about the people who phoned Switchboard for advice on how to live, love and work in the UK, and from a range of contributors with different perspectives on borders, cultures and LGBTQ+ identity.
The Log Books — stories from Britain’s LGBT+ history and conversations about being queer today. Produced by Shivani Dave, Tash Walker and Adam Zmith, in partnership with Switchboard - the LGBT+ helpline. With thanks to the Bishopsgate Institute and the BFI National Archive.
‘Louise’ voiced by Cathy Tyson
'Sami' voiced by Aso Sherabayani
Clip from Here and Now: Gay Black Group used with permission from MACE, the Media Archive for Central England at the University of Lincoln. First broadcast on June 26th, 1983.
For more information about the themes in this episode, take a look at:
Legal advice from the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants
Peter Tatchell Foundation : Speaking out for Human Rights
Lesbians & Gays Support the Migrants
UK Lesbian & Gay Immigration Group
Music by Tom Foskett-Barnes
Artwork by Natalie Doto
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