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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Tim Dowling

Tim Dowling: I have the house to myself … so whose are those shoes in the hall?

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guardian saturday writer collage Illustration: Selman Hosgor/The Guardian

My wife is going away for a few days, and I will be completely alone in the house for the first time in a very long while. The last time it happened, it was a different house.

I’m happy with this, even though I know I probably won’t be able to choose between the many profitable ways I might spend this time. I’ll end up slumped on the sofa in front of the TV, or asleep in the bath with a paperback floating by my feet. That’s OK – no one has to know.

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