In the third series of The White Lotus, Jason Isaac’s shifty Timothy Ratliff says that people move to Thailand either because they’re looking for something or running from something. Goldie, who in the past 30 years has become something of an alt National Treasure here in the UK, moved to Thailand 15 years ago, and he did it for a very particular reason, initially to retire.
“I came here to do nothing as I’d had enough,” he says. “It’s sunny here, it’s beautiful, and I’d had enough of the music games, I’d had a messy divorce, and it was time for a change. I wasn’t in favour, so I wanted to get away. So I went to get some vitamin D.
