| Event type: | Monthly meeting |
| Date: | Mon 13 Apr 2026 |
| Time: | 10:00am - 12:00pm |
| Venue: | St Margaret’s United Reformed Church, N3 1BD |
| Booking: | Note that booking is required. |
During World War II, British double agent and career criminal Eddie Chapman, known as ‘Zigzag’, was highly regarded by both the Germans and the British. Trained in spycraft and sabotage by the Third Reich, he was sent to Britain on a deadly mission to derail British aircraft manufacturing. However, as we will hear in this talk, Eddie had other ideas and turned himself in to MI5, becoming a double agent for the Allies and working to help defeat the Nazis.
Speaker Paul Barwick spent a 34-year career in the police service and retired from his role in counterterrorism and national security in 2019. He has a lifelong interest in real-life espionage and in telling the stories of spies whose exploits of made a difference to our lives. As well as giving talks, Paul is the founder of Barfield Capital Tours, which offers guided tours in London to important locations in the history of international espionage.