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Tim Dowling is a journalist for the Guardian. He writes a weekly column for Weekend magazine

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  • 18 Sep 2013: In a party as small as the Liberal Democrats, the same people tend to crop up again and again at conference. But can that possibly explain why the business secretary appears to be following our writer around?
  • 14 Sep 2013:

    'There is no hot water, and the boiler's blinking read-out is displaying an error message. My overwhelming feeling is one of déjà vu'

  • Royal mail 13 Sep 2013:

    Tim Dowling: If you don't mind trolls and the absence of profit, go for the blue bird. Or if you prefer an organisation that makes a profit but has very unhappy staff, put your money where the Queen's head is

  • 10 Sep 2013:

    The music we grow up with shapes our tastes in later life, according to a study by Cornell University. We asked Guardian writers to tell us about the songs that take them back to their childhood homes

  • 8 Sep 2013:

    Is Tim Dowling married to the right woman? A new book suggests that we unconsciously select the perfect partner by sniffing out their 'compatibility genes'. He talks to the author about MHC genetics and alleles – then nervously asks his wife to take a DNA test

  • Dowling trail 7 Sep 2013:

    'I am embarking on my annual attempt to engage in intelligent football conversation'

  • 2 Sep 2013:

    Stay, roll over and don't carp on about a 'special relationship' – how advice from the US president to his French ally might read

  • 31 Aug 2013:

    'If my wife is a trying passenger, she's a dreadful navigator'

  • Tim Dowling: rescue 24 Aug 2013:

    I perform a daring rescue on my wife, but she's still sick as a dog

  • 19 Aug 2013: Tim Dowling: Have the townsfolk in Under the Dome seen The Simpsons Movie?
  • 17 Aug 2013:

    'I'm on the holiday of a lifetime… but there is a problem with our boat'

  • Jeremy Paxman sporting his new beard on BBC Newsnight 13 Aug 2013:

    Tim Dowling: The fashion statement that launched a shower of hashtags, aged its owner and entertained Twitter, but went unmentioned on the TV show

  • 10 Aug 2013:

    'I think I can hack into his email,' my wife says. 'Give me time'

  • 3 Aug 2013:

    'The house rings with a strangely tuned silence, a phenomenon I have not experienced in 18 years. I cannot remember the last time I walked into a room and didn't find a child lying on a sofa like a seal'

  • tim dowling illustration 27 Jul 2013:

    'While half of my band is content to remain at the hotel and argue about sheets, I lead a determined party into the night, past a series of empty lots and building sites'

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