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The Log Books

The Log Books

Di: Tash Walker and Adam Zmith
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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.

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Episodi
  • The new life (and again) | Episode 4

    The new life (and again) | Episode 4
    Jan 22 2026

    Tash and Adam hear from Anson Mackay, who left a tiny, remote town in Scotland to embrace a gay identity, and then later another queer identity altogether.


    Anson reflects with trusting candour on their experiences through the 80s and 90s, and how people feel compelled to explore their gender even before the right words have arrived.


    Buy our book or see our events listings: The Log Books: Voices of Queer Britain and the Helpline that Listened.


    Hosted and produced by Tash Walker and Adam Zmith

    The voice of the log books: Serena James

    Assistant producer: Marnie Woodmeade

    Engineer: David Pye

    Music: Tom Fosket-Barnes

    Original artwork: Natalie Doto

    Thanks to the Bishopsgate Institute; our publisher, Faber Books; the dreamboats at Acast; the staff and volunteers at Switchboard, and all the contributors who shared their stories.

    Episode transcripts available here.

    Call Switchboard on 0800 0119 100, email hello@switchboard.lgbt or instant message via www.switchboard.lgbt.

    Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/thelogbooks.

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    42 min
  • Queer family solidarity | Episode 3

    Queer family solidarity | Episode 3
    Jan 15 2026

    Adam and Tash are joined in this episode by Diana James, who discovered herself as a dyke in the 80s and joined Switchboard as its first trans volunteer.


    Diana discusses what she learnt as she handled phone calls from distressed queer people, and how the older and younger generations need to support each other.


    Buy our book or see our events listings: The Log Books: Voices of Queer Britain and the Helpline that Listened.


    Hosted and produced by Tash Walker and Adam Zmith

    The voice of the log books: Serena James

    Assistant producer: Marnie Woodmeade

    Engineer: David Pye

    Music: Tom Fosket-Barnes

    Original artwork: Natalie Doto

    Thanks to the Bishopsgate Institute; our publisher, Faber Books; the dreamboats at Acast; the staff and volunteers at Switchboard, and all the contributors who shared their stories.

    Episode transcripts available here.

    Call Switchboard on 0800 0119 100, email hello@switchboard.lgbt or instant message via www.switchboard.lgbt.

    Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/thelogbooks.

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    31 min
  • A teacher’s reckoning | Episode 2

    A teacher’s reckoning | Episode 2
    Jan 8 2026

    Tash and Adam hear from Ruth Turner, who qualified as a teacher in the 1980s at the height of a destructive public debate over gay and lesbian rights.


    Ruth recalls the chilling effect of Section 28, the law that forbade her from supporting queer students, and helps Tash to reckon with their own experience in school.


    Buy our book or see our events listings: The Log Books: Voices of Queer Britain and the Helpline that Listened.


    Hosted and produced by Tash Walker and Adam Zmith

    The voice of the log books: Serena James

    Assistant producer: Marnie Woodmeade

    Engineer: David Pye

    Music: Tom Fosket-Barnes

    Original artwork: Natalie Doto

    Thanks to the Bishopsgate Institute; our publisher, Faber Books; the dreamboats at Acast; the staff and volunteers at Switchboard, and all the contributors who shared their stories.

    Episode transcripts available here.

    Call Switchboard on 0800 0119 100, email hello@switchboard.lgbt or instant message via www.switchboard.lgbt.

    Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/thelogbooks.

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    31 min
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