Leather and love | Episode 9
Tash and Adam hear from Richard Desmond, aka Switchboard’s once resident leather queen.Richard reflects on a life in the LGBTQ+ community, as a leatherman, a volunteer, a friend and lover. We love you...
26 Feb 29min
Dream homes | Episode 8
Tash and Adam listen to Graham McKerrow, who was editor of the newspaper Capital Gay in the 80s.Graham reflects on his gay adolescence in the 70s, and how he and his partner transformed a South London...
19 Feb 44min
Standing up, standing out | Episode 7
Adam and Tash hear from Andy Piccos, whose memories of Switchboard stretch back to 1977. Andy remembers the queer family he met through volunteering and living the gay life, and what it was like to co...
12 Feb 34min
Life lessons | Episode 6
Tash and Adam catch-up with Femi Otitoju, one of the original contributors of The Log Books podcast, and one of Switchboard’s most valuable volunteers.Femi reflects on what it meant to have her memori...
5 Feb 32min
Exclusive book extract! | Episode 5
Our book is published TODAY! In this special episode, Tash and Adam read an exclusive excerpt from The Log Books: Voices of Queer Britain and the Helpline that Listened, published by Faber & Faber.Thi...
29 Jan 34min
The new life (and again) | Episode 4
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...
22 Jan 42min
Queer family solidarity | Episode 3
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...
15 Jan 31min
A teacher’s reckoning | Episode 2
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, t...
8 Jan 31min
