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Tim Dowling works from London. Guardian columnist, sad sack. Author of Dad You Suck (4th Estate). Police Dog Hogan's banjo player. Tim Dowling has over 31680 followers on Twitter.
How does one explain the Higgs boson to a layperson, a child, an idiot? Just use this handy guide to selective explanation.
The new Muppets movie has been accused of promoting a liberal agenda. But the Muppets have always been lefties at heart.
In the run-up to the royal nuptials, unreliable reports of global celebrations have been received.
Feeling lonely? Don’t have anyone to go out with? Then a friend-rental service could be just the thing you need.
We have all had occasion to write on our hand, either because no paper was available or because we knew we’d probably forget the bit of paper.
When she appeared in a New York court on Monday, author JK Rowling invoked a time-honoured, if largely mythical, notion of British reserve. ”I really don’t want to cry,” she…
Author Andrew Keen has a particular knack for phrasing his criticisms in a way that allows every blogger to feel personally slighted, writes Tim Dowling.
Like the title and the acknowledgements, the dedication is primarily a challenge faced by authors who have already secured both a publishing deal, writes Tim Dowling.
We all get angry sometimes. Some of us, no doubt, are angry right now. Some of us are angry for wholly legitimate reasons to do with a computer that has been temporarily…
Torquay, on the south coast of England (and a prime British holiday resort), is surely one of the most inhospitable places on the planet. Not if you’re a penguin, though. For the…
I can pretty well pinpoint the moment when my own spirit of defiance started to fade. It was on Saturday morning. I was with the dog in the park opposite our house watching two…
A California financier paid a million dollars to have Paul McCartney play at his wife’s birthday party, reports Tim Dowling. How far will a million dollars really go?
