The Log Books

You might love William Morris and his fancy wallpaper... but did you know about his daughter, May Morris? She did many of the famous textile designs, and was a poet, artist, writer and socialist activist. Her life story is fascinating.

Tash spoke to Alice Hattrick, whose new book Fancy Work explores May’s life and her queer partnership with MF.

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The Log Books is hosted and produced by Tash Walker and Adam Zmith
The assistant producer is Mia Campbell
Music from Soundstripe
Original artwork by Natalie Doto
Thanks to the dreamboats at Acast

For the story of the helpline Switchboard and untold stories from Britain's LGBTQ+ history: listen to Seasons 1-3, co-produced with Shivani Dave.
For interviews from the research for our book, published by Faber & Faber: listen to Season 4.
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When Bill Hartwell started selling poppers online he was surprised to discover that payment companies didn’t want his business. In this exclusive interview with Adam, Bill bares all... about the sexual politics of modern banking.

Mentioned this episode:
VegasPridePositions - Bill’s online store
We Out Here festival - Tash and Adam will be there this weekend, say hi!

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The Log Books is hosted and produced by Tash Walker and Adam Zmith
The assistant producer is Mia Campbell
Music from Soundstripe
Original artwork by Natalie Doto
Thanks to the dreamboats at Acast

For the story of the helpline Switchboard and untold stories from Britain's LGBTQ+ history: listen to Seasons 1-3, co-produced with Shivani Dave.
For interviews from the research for our book, published by Faber & Faber: listen to Season 4.
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Adam got to meet the artist David Shenton and get a sneak peek of his retrospective exhibition at Norwich Castle and Museum. David’s 50+ year career is filled with wit, humour, LGBTQ+ politics, and wry observations — we loved to hear it all.

Thanks to the co-curators Ruth Battersby and Ian Giles, and Adam Baker of Queer Norfolk for help with this episode.

Kindly Ease the Tension - David Shenton exhibition @ Norwich Castle

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Aunt Nell: Newsletter | Instagram | YouTube | website

The Log Books is hosted and produced by Tash Walker and Adam Zmith
The assistant producer is Mia Campbell
Music from Soundstripe
Original artwork by Natalie Doto
Thanks to the dreamboats at Acast

For the story of the helpline Switchboard and untold stories from Britain's LGBTQ+ history: listen to Seasons 1-3, co-produced with Shivani Dave.
For interviews from the research for our book, published by Faber & Faber: listen to Season 4.
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Tash went for a haircut and took the mic along! Their barber is the marvellous LP, who talked to Tash about seeing clients who are fed up with the way they’re boxed in by their previous hairdressers and barbers.

Mentioned in this episode:
Queer Me and the Sea @ Turner Contemporary, Margate
Margate Pride

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Aunt Nell: Newsletter | Instagram | YouTube | website

The Log Books is hosted and produced by Tash Walker and Adam Zmith
The assistant producer is Mia Campbell
Music from Soundstripe
Original artwork by Natalie Doto
Thanks to the dreamboats at Acast

For the story of the helpline Switchboard and untold stories from Britain's LGBTQ+ history: listen to Seasons 1-3, co-produced with Shivani Dave.
For interviews from the research for our book, published by Faber & Faber: listen to Season 4.
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Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/thelogbooks.
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You’ve not seen queer nightlife until you’ve seen it through the lens of the photographer Linden. Adam met Stuart, the man behind the lens, to talk about what it was like to take so many iconic photos, and why it’s important to capture queer nightlife.

Check out Linden’s photos on Instagram and the book, Out and About with Linden.

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Aunt Nell: Newsletter | Instagram | YouTube | website

The Log Books is hosted and produced by Tash Walker and Adam Zmith
The assistant producer is Mia Campbell
Music from Soundstripe
Original artwork by Natalie Doto
Thanks to the dreamboats at Acast

For the story of the helpline Switchboard and untold stories from Britain's LGBTQ+ history: listen to Seasons 1-3, co-produced with Shivani Dave.
For interviews from the research for our book, published by Faber & Faber: listen to Season 4.
KI7FHCTLCUOCNJZ9

Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/thelogbooks.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.