The family was fairly large, consisting of three sons and two daughters including younger siblings Joan and Douglas.
[2] During his materially poor but culturally rich childhood, Paul contributed dramatic poetry recitations to family/neighbourhood entertainments.
During that six months Paul attempted to become a freelance journalist, and wrote the unpublished 'The Journal of a Sun Worshipper'.
Paul's political views at this time were inspired by H. G. Wells, William Morris, and Edward Carpenter, while his ideas about children's education were partly drawn from Rousseau's Emile.
[9] Paul was an outspoken critic of the Axis powers, as well as the Soviet Union following the latter nation's signing of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact.
[8] During the Second World War Paul served in the Middle East with the Army Educational Corps, and also taught at Mount Carmel College.
Paul served as lecturer in ethics and social studies at Queen's College, Birmingham (1965–70), and on the General Synod (1970–5).
[11] According to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography,[2] Paul spent his later years living in Madley, Herefordshire.