The View From Here

The View From Here is a UK-based podcast shining a fresh light on LGBTQ+ history through long-form interviews with some of the UK's leading changemakers. Our aim is to keep these stories alive and inspire the activists of tomorrow.

The View From Here is a society podcast hosted by James Alexander and Jonathan Chambers, with 12 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

James Alexander and Jonathan Chambers hosts The View From Here, a society show with 12 episodes published.

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  Episode #10

  S1E10 - Peter Tatchell part 2: From Outrage to Progress

  Feb 10, 202641 minS1

  <p>In our second episode with Peter Tatchell, we trace the founding of OutRage!, explore the chilling effect of Section 28 and the culture-war that shaped a generation. Peter breaks down why media moments mattered and shocked the evening news, unpacks the campaigns that equalised the age of consent, and the many years of work that helped to unlock the UK’s immense progress on LGBTQ+ rights from 1999–2013. <br/><br/>Peter explains why legal change is not the finishing line, pushing us into the harder terrain of culture, music, religion and sport. <br/><br/>Peter offers a clear warning about backsliding. Progre...

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  Episode #9

  S1E9 - Peter Tatchell part 1: Fearless Activism and the Birth of Pride

  Feb 3, 202658 minS1

  <p>As LGBTQ+ history month begins, we are thrilled to share the final episodes of our first season.</p><p>We sit down with Peter for the first of two episodes. Starting in 1960s Melbourne and the impossible choice between prison and the Vietnam war, which ultimately saw him move to London. On his second day in the UK he discovered the Gay Liberation Front, a movement that aimed to achieve cultural change, challenging the church, media, police and education.<br/><br/>Peter walks us through the first London Pride in 1972 and the challenges faced by the GLF as its...

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  Episode #8

  S1E8: Nettie Pollard - GLF, Psychiatry and Telephone Helplines

  Jan 27, 202649 minS1

  <p>We sit with Nettie Pollard as she relives the early 1970s Gay Liberation Front, a movement that built a culture of collective courage, mutual care, and playful defiance. From secret ‘zaps’ at the Festival of Light to linking arms outside the Albert Hall, she reveals how the GLF protected one another, challenged the police, and made joy a tactic.</p><p>Nettie takes us inside the Counter‑Psychiatry Group working to overcome the label of homosexuality as an “illness” and shares her experiences volunteering for Icebreakers, one of the first LGBTQ+ helplines. </p><p>Nettie’s warning is clear: rights can be...

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  Episode #7

  S1E7: Chris Smith - The first openly gay Cabinet Minister

  Jan 20, 202659 minS1

  <p>When Lord Chris Smith stood in a crowded hall in Rugby and said, “My name is Chris Smith... and I’m gay,” British politics took a giant leap forward. In this episode, we trace the path from coming out to the Blair-era equality reforms that reshaped life for LGBTQ people in the UK.<br/><br/>Chris discusses tabloid hostility, the response of his constituents, and the small moments that mark a cultural shift. He walks us through some of his defining achievements in government: equalising the age of consent, repealing Section 28, ending bans in the armed forces, securing goods and se...

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  Episode #6

  S1E6: The Bloolips - How Queer Theatre Fought Back

  Jan 13, 20261h 14mS1

  <p>We sit down with Stuart Feather, Paul Shaw, and Lavinia Co‑op to trace the raw and often outrageous path from the Gay Liberation Front’s early meetings at the LSE to the Bloolips’ radical drag that rattled London, conquered Amsterdam, and charmed New York.<br/><br/>We revisit the infamous Festival of Light action at Methodist Central Hall, featuring slow handclaps, boxed mice under pews, can‑canning “nuns,” a balcony banner crowning “Cliff for Queen”, and a drag confession of being “saved” that froze an entire audience. </p><p><br/>This is queer theatre as a weapon - light, frothy, and fu...

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