The Log Books Podcast
1) All-new season, all-new interviews
The UK’s best LGBTQ+ history podcast is BACK. After three groundbreaking seasons from 2019-22, featuring the unique archives at Switchboard, winning a string of awards, we’re returning with a new seas...Show More
2) Introducing... The Quilt
The Quilt: Living memories of queer Britain & Northern Ireland An audio exhibition open to anyone, anywhere, at any time of day, produced and hosted by Tash Walker and Adam Zmith. Born from ...Show More
3) Introducing: Queer Roots and Routes
We'd love to introduce you to this new podcast we've been working Queer Roots and Routes!Queer Roots and Routes is made by a collective. We are queer. We are migrants or descended from migrants. ...Show More
4) INTRODUCING: New podcast Black and Gay, Back in the Day
We'd love to introduce you to this new podcast Black and Gay, Back in the Day which brings to life a photo archive of Black LGBTQIA+ life in Britain, from the 1970s through to the early 2000s. Ea...Show More
5) BONUS: Tash and Adam tour the Out And About LGBTQ+ exhibition at the Barbican
In this bonus episode made for Nothing Concrete, the podcast of London's Barbican, Tash and Adam riffle through many more items from LGBTQ+ history. The Bishopsgate Institute doesn't just lo...Show More
BONUS: Tash and Adam tour the Out And About LGBTQ+ exhibition at the Barbican
36:46 | Feb 23rd, 2022
6) “Thank you for being here” | Episode 10
This is it! After three seasons covering 1974 to 2003, Tash and Adam reach the final page in the log books in Switchboard’s archive. In this closing episode of The Log Books, Adam and Tash reflect on ...Show More
7) “Not suitably dressed” | Episode 9
Rubber? Feet? Piss? Flogging? Role play? What’s your kink? In this episode Tash and Adam listen to dozens of dirty stories from the LGBTQI+ community in the 90s. From the publicly funded multi-gender ...Show More
8) “Interested and willing” | Episode 8
In the 90s more and more lesbians called Switchboard to ask where they could get hold of sperm. All sorts of LGBTQI+ people in the period sought to make families outside of conventional methods and co...Show More
9) “The inability of others to understand” | Episode 7
There is still so much work to be done in making sure LGBTQI+ people with disabilities have what they need, but the 90s saw a definite shift in the right direction. Legal change, growing awareness, an...Show More
10) “Needs support and reassurance” | Episode 6
Understanding and awareness of various gender identities grew from 1992 to 2003, and more and more trans people called Switchboard for support. This episode offers a fascinating insight into how the L...Show More