# Event Details - **Event Name**: The Log Books: Voices of Queer Britain and the Helpline that Listened - **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 11 Feb, 2026 at 06:00 pm – Wed, 11 Feb, 2026 at 07:30 pm - **Event Description**: An intimate history of LGBTQ+ life over four decades, discovered in a stash of forgotten, handwritten notes.About this EventThe Log Books: Voices of Queer Britain and the Helpline that ListenedAn intimate history of LGBTQ+ life over four decades, discovered in a stash of forgotten, handwritten notes. In a crawlspace at the offices of Switchboard, a queer helpline in operation since 1974, lies dozens of log books kept by volunteers describing the phone calls they had taken: a teenager whose parents had kicked them out of home for dressing as the wrong gender; a lesbian terrified of having her baby taken away from her; a man arrested for chatting up another man in a public toilet; a young person wanting to know how to come out. These logs were traces of tens of thousands of queer lives, a bridge to a past hidden from people like Tash Walker and Adam Zmith in their youth, captured by people who lent an ear to those in need.Walker and Zmith came of age in the time of Section 28, a law which banned councils and schools 'promoting the teaching of the acceptability of homosexuality as a pretended family relationship'. In recovering these logs, they encountered people grappling with feelings, questions and problems both familiar and different, and set out to learn from - and sometimes speak to - those on both sides of the calls. Charged with joy, gossip, sensuality, humour and sometimes fear, and with a potent relevancy to the world today, these stories are brought together in The Log Books.Walker and Zmith capture queer lives in stunning detail, embarking on a journey of both collective history and self-discovery and propelling it into the very foreground of our national history. https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events9/banners/d7126570-f9d6-11f0-9d40-f32f9ceafad0-rimg-w485-h740-dce7764e-gmir.jpg - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/sheffield-city-centre/the-log-books-voices-of-queer-britain-and-the-helpline-that-listened/100001980635989562 - **Event Categories**: lgbt-pride - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: GBP ## Event venue details - **city**: Sheffield City Centre - **state**: EN - **country**: United Kingdom - **location**: Carpenter Room Sheffield Central Library - **lat**: 53.38022669999999 - **long**: -1.4669863 - **full address**: Carpenter Room Sheffield Central Library, Surrey Street, Sheffield City Centre, United Kingdom ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: The Log Books: Voices of Queer Britain and the Helpline that Listened - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events10/banners/dac12392c9124bb628582891da2f0c9f8dde3b3d57eb417d25d243b8db84ef2f-rimg-w742-h500-dc161716-gmir.jpg?v=1769336170 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is The Log Books: Voices of Queer Britain and the Helpline that Listened being held? - **A:** The Log Books: Voices of Queer Britain and the Helpline that Listened takes place on Wed, 11 Feb, 2026 at 06:00 pm to Wed, 11 Feb, 2026 at 07:30 pm at Carpenter Room Sheffield Central Library, Surrey Street, Sheffield City Centre, United Kingdom. - **Q**: Who is organizing The Log Books: Voices of Queer Britain and the Helpline that Listened? - **A:** The Log Books: Voices of Queer Britain and the Helpline that Listened is organized by Libraries Sheffield. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "The Log Books: Voices of Queer Britain and the Helpline that Listened", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events10/banners/dac12392c9124bb628582891da2f0c9f8dde3b3d57eb417d25d243b8db84ef2f-rimg-w742-h500-dc161716-gmir.jpg?v=1769336170", "startDate": "2026-02-11", "endDate": "2026-02-11", "url": "https://allevents.in/sheffield-city-centre/the-log-books-voices-of-queer-britain-and-the-helpline-that-listened/100001980635989562", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "Carpenter Room Sheffield Central Library", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "Surrey Street", "postalCode": "S1 1XZ", "addressLocality": "Sheffield City Centre", "addressRegion": "EN", "addressCountry": "GB" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "53.38022669999999", "longitude": "-1.4669863" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "An intimate history of LGBTQ+ life over four decades, discovered in a stash of forgotten, handwritten notes.", "offers": [ { "@type": "AggregateOffer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "GBP", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-10", "availabilityEnds": "2026-02-11", "validFrom": "2026-04-10", "lowPrice": "0.00", "highPrice": "0.00", "price": "0.00", "url": "https://allevents.in/sheffield-city-centre/the-log-books-voices-of-queer-britain-and-the-helpline-that-listened/100001980635989562" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "GBP", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-10", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-04-10", "url": "https://allevents.in/sheffield-city-centre/the-log-books-voices-of-queer-britain-and-the-helpline-that-listened/100001980635989562", "price": 0, "name": "General Admission" } ], "organizer": [ { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Libraries Sheffield", "url": "https://allevents.in/org/libraries-sheffield/22519512", "description": "Learn, enjoy and discover your library today. 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