Tim Dowling

When is a valise not a valise? When you’re in a foreign land where they call it a holdall

Tim Dowling The band I'm in is cruising to the end of its tour, with two nights at Victoria Hall in Settle, headlining a weekend festival.

Forget vinaigrette: if you really want to make the most of these leaves, apply some heat, herbs or double cream and bacon

Tim Dowling When wild lettuce plants were first domesticated in the Caucasus 6,000 years ago, the crop was the seed, which could be pressed into oil.

Perhaps I’ll learn love our EV once it stops talking utter nonsense – and knows where it’s going

You don't say goodbye to your old car when you get a new car – I mean, I'm presuming they'd let you if you made a fuss, but they make no provision for it.

Tim Dowling It started more than a decade ago with looksmaxxing , a disturbing manosphere-based strategy for optimising personal appearance through diet, exercise, surgery or smashing your jawbone.

I do occasionally contemplate getting my toolbox out. But these are idle urges – I’m only too aware of the harm my past interventions have caused

Accompanying my wife on a morning walk is a humbling experience – not least because our pet enjoys better name recognition than I do

Tim Dowling I don't normally do the morning dog walk; it's my wife's thing. But we're going away for the weekend straight afterwards, so on