Tim Dowling: walking the puppy is meant to tire her out – not me
My wife insists an afternoon outing will help the dog calm down after busy hours of gnawing at our precious household items. Some chance
September 2024
The car was the last bastion of the CD and the full-length album. Now they are no more
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Tim Dowling: the old dog has every right to feel fed up – and so have I
Ready or not? The expert guide to buying fruit – so it is always ripe and delicious
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Tim Dowling: they asked me to play ‘bad piano’, but no one thought I’d be quite this bad
The Tim Dowling column
Tim Dowling: all the new puppy wants to do is eat and pee – anytime, anywhere
The Happiness of Dogs by Mark Rowlands review – a masterclass in canine philosophy
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Tim Dowling: we’ve given the new puppy a name, but I fear the cat may starve to death
August 2024
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Tim Dowling: we bit the bullet and got a new puppy. Dear God, what have we done?
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Tim Dowling: my wife has fallen madly in love with a puppy called Nothing
Get rich! 17 surprising and delicious cheesecakes – from sweet potato to gin and tonic
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Tim Dowling: can I keep it together at my father’s funeral? No chance
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Tim Dowling: Dad’s memorial service will be in the Moose Room, right after mahjong
The rise of ‘ento-veganism’: how eating crickets could help save the world
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Tim Dowling: I thought my dad would live for ever. I was wrong
July 2024
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Tim Dowling: the airline lost our luggage, but never mind – we are getting a puppy
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Tim Dowling: I’m in Spain, lying on my back with my legs in the air like a baby
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Tim Dowling: we’re off to sunny Spain, but I’ve got the airport blues
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Tim Dowling: I’m now a dab hand at handling injured bird scenarios
June 2024
Self and wellbeing
‘Clearly, I have no rizz’: can a 60-year-old misanthrope polish up his pulling power?
Love Islanders have it, daters want it and TikTok influencers will teach you how to get it – but rizz (a close cousin of charisma) is hard to fabricate
