Spies, strolls, ska
former civil servant is bringing his show to London, performing on October 13 at the St James Studio . LADY PAMELA, fashion columnist and socialite, is recruited by MI5 to keep notes on Wallis Simpson and Edward VIII, suspected to be colluding with the German Embassy, in Sarah Sigal’s play which is at JW3 on October 9, part of a festival of events commemorating the 80th anniversary of the battle of Cable Street. “I find the 1930s particularly interesting now because I feel we’re living in a parallel time — refugee crises, the rise of political extremism, isolationist policies,” says Sigal.