He has negotiated his own way through life, interwoven with the twists and turns of fate. He boarded in a British public school, dropped out of university twice, had sporadic and disparate employment as a washer up, cleaner, buyer, seller and software engineer. Then, after taking early retirement, started work again.

During the second half of the 20th century, he lived in his native country and the great cities of London and Cambridge. However, for the past two decades, he has been soaking in Thai culture. This has placed him in a unique position to bring these periods, locations and people to life for others.

When not staring at a computer screen, Paul listens to music, watches movies or reads books.