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Tim Dowling: mice have been at the pipes. But how have they eaten this much plastic?
We can’t get a plumber so it’s down to me to fix the dishwasher – which means watching a man in a YouTube video. Born in 1877, Engineer Lieutenant Commander Lumley Robinson was serving aboard the ...The Guardian - 6h -
Tim Dowling: our house is destined to be dirty for ever …
There are muddy paw prints on our duvet, there’s tortoise pee on the kitchen floor and moth holes in the carpet: we have no business owning nice things. My wife asked for a new stair carpet for ...The Guardian - Jan. 11 -
Tim Dowling: I went out to walk the dog and came home a hero
My wife asked me to do the afternoon dog walk. I begrudgingly acquiesced, with no idea of the drama that lay ahead. It is a bleak and featureless afternoon; the bottom of the year’s trough. I don’t ...The Guardian - Jan. 4