Tim Dowling
Tim Dowling is a journalist for the Guardian. He writes a weekly column for Weekend magazine
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Tim Dowling: will my wife be proved wrong… for the first time?‘It’s like I’m her employee,’ Farouk the mechanic says. ‘Welcome to my world,’ I say
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Tim Dowling: am I bananas for agreeing to do an interview for French television?‘The question at the top of the journalist’s notebook appears to say, “Would you like to touch my banana?”’ -
Tim Dowling: we’re off to the dump – but what if the man is there?‘It’s better when the man isn’t here,’ my wife says. ‘You’re his favourite,’ I say. ‘It’s like going to the dump with Princess Margaret’ -
‘Most of us are too busy to be better’: the lazy person's guide to self-improvementIf you can really improve yourself in just 10 minutes a day, as the self-help gurus claim, Tim Dowling is all for it
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Tim Dowling: my year in numbers does not add up to happy reading0: number of minor children in my care as of May 2017. 3: male adults currently living with me anyway -
Natural World: Attenborough and the Empire of the Ants review – another fascinating insight into the insect worldOur greatest naturalist gives the impression he would spend all day watching ants fight, if he could. Plus: Still Open All Hours catches the mood of the post-Christmas lull -
Wait, was that this year? The year’s biggest stories we’ve already forgottenThis year – thanks mainly to the man in the White House – there have been so many weird stories piling up we’ve erased some of the most notable from our brains -
Saturday Night Fever: The Ultimate Disco Movie review – Bruno Tonioli hits the floorThe Strictly judge took a loving look behind the scenes of the film that made John Travolta an A-list star and made disco a global phenomenon
TV review Damned review – pitch black comedy finds the funny in social services