What was life like for a Thai boy growing up in England in the middle of the last century? Beginning with his early days at an English boarding school, Siamese Anglophile (Talisman Publishing, 2022) is the story of a Siamese born in London and nicknamed ‘Teddy’ by his English nanny, told through a variety of jobs from sorting the mail in London Post Offices to fruit-picking in an Essex farm to performing as an extra in James Bond films in Pinewood, he describes a way of life that has gone forever. It also describes a voyage of discovery in search for his roots. The problem of continually being uprooted and having to adjust to schools (twelve) in different countries (five) and having to learn different languages and cultures, is told with empathy and good humour. The story moves from London of the Swinging 60s through to his arrival in Thailand totally unsure about what to do for the rest of his life. He recounts his initial attempts to become a career diplomat, and eventually landing in the advertising business for the next 24 years, he finally ends up teaching the subject in an American university. Teddy’s plain language and simple descriptions of life at the time, combined with the colourful variety of his travels and entertaining experiences in a variety of jobs, bring to the reader the immediacy of the past, peppered with anecdotal wit and historical vignettes.