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I'm Hero, founder of Muddy Stilettos, here to bring you the quirky, cool and downright unmissable across the counties.

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Eat OutView more

The Maytime Inn

Looking for a romantic escape or maybe just a dog-friendly stride out and Sunday lunch? The Cotswolds’ pretty Maytime Inn has your back and then some.
- Head to Coppa Club
  
  Where to take 17 exacting Muddy Stilettos editors for lunch in London? Oh hello Coppa Club and your stupendous riverside views!
- Ready to fine dine?
  
  You betcha! Nelson St restaurant has buffed its interiors, refined its menu and now offers food flights. Buckle up for take off.
- The Black Horse
  
  The newly refurbished Black Horse in Reigate is creating quite a stir locally, not least because of its Michelin starred ties.
- The Pint Shop, Oxford
  
  To Oxford, for posh burgers and craft ale at this stylish mini-chain. Sounds blokey; is actually surprisingly family-friendly.

TravelView more

Gadzooks – grab up to 40% off Turquoise Family Holidays!

Was summer a staycation washout? In that case you may want to feast your eyes on Turquoise Holiday’s Family Sale – up to 40% (yes, you read that right) off stunning holidays in the Maldives, Mauritius and South East Asia. See you on the sun lounger!
- Stay here: The Inn @ West End
  
  Take an award-winning pub in a pretty village, add stylish rooms and fab food. Add gin (easy when there's a comprehensive gin menu) and book up.
- The secret’s out!
  
  Once a WW2 secret service centre, the De Vere Latimer hotel in Chesham has had a game-changing £7m boutique makeover.

FashionView more

6 hot-to-trot wearable AW17 trends – go fetch!

We asked an expert – Helen Spencer from chic boutique Nellie & Dove – to decode the new season’s top trends. Don’t go shopping until you read this!
- New season fashion wishlist!
  
  Shall we go shopping? (Enablers? Us?) Read on for the new season's key pieces, as currently coveted by the Muddy HQ crew.
- Supercool Salt-Water
  
  A late-season sandal that'll see you through many summers to come? These fashion faves are a stone-cold classic.

BeautyView more

- Bronzed beauty
  
  Did you blink and miss the British sun this summer? The Bobbi Brown Shimmer Brick is a late-season classic. Bronzed goddess incoming!
- Unisex Scents
  
  Smells likes in-between spirit? Muddy HQ is a-waft with the coolest new unisex scents from the hottest perfume brands in the biz...

Arts & CultureView more

Your Festival Wedding

Goodie bags, heel-guards and the power of bacon: 10 essential tips from the Muddy award-winning, Beautiful Bells.
- The Muddy Book Club – September’s best new reads
  
  Read all about it! Muddy's pro-bookworm Kerry Potter burrows into this month's best literary offerings.
- Muddy staffers’ reading lists
  
  The top tomes squeezed into the Muddy suitcases this month - and all the literary inspo you need.
- West End Kids
  
  Heading to the big smoke this summer? Need a few hours to snooze in the dark? Keep the Mudlets entertained with our pick of the best kids' theatre in town
- Beach reads bonanza!
  
  Sunglasses on, sunlounger primed, children gagged - it's Muddy's best holiday books! Kerry Potter picks her top 10 for summer.

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- Funky showroom alert!
  
  Secret Messages Interiors has a huge new showroom to display its retro, quirky, stylish goodies and it's *very* addictive.
- Time for a Speedy Supper?
  
  Haven't got a clue what to make for dinner? Top food writer Diana Henry's prawn, fennel and tomato pilaf is here to help.
Wellbeing
- Are you a floater?
  
  Back to the womb: a spell in a darkened floatation tank filled with warm water must be the ultimate relaxation therapy.
- New Cliveden Spa reviewed
  
  Ain't nothing like a luxury spa day to seduce you into a blissful state of laziness. Resistance is futile.

WorkView more

- Work driving you nuts?
  
  Whatever your career dilemma, there's a book for that! Here's our pick of the most super-useful new tomes.
- Work-life ‘blending’ – does it work?
  
  No more 'work life balance' (or lack of), now it's 'blending' - but do you have what it takes to mix business with pleasure?
Kids
- Sunningdale School, Ascot
  
  Muddy says: Small and perfectly formed, Sunningdale is a superb family-run prep that is proudly non-selective.
- Moulsford School, Moulsford-on-Thames
  
  Muddy says: A highly-regarded boy’s prep school in South Oxon in a stonkingly lovely setting on the Thames, with a strong reputation for sport.

People View more

We’ll take your advice, Natalie!

Owner of Cliveden estate, an author in her own right and now the brains behind the first ever Cliveden Literary Festival, Natalie Livingstone knows a thing or two about the local area. Here’s where she likes to hang out.
- Shazia Mirza’s Favourite Places
  
  Rarely have I laughed out loud so much while interviewing a celeb. That Shazia is well funny - who else would pick the M40 services as a favourite place?!
- Griselda’s Secret Oxford
  
  Celebrated children's author Griselda Heppel has a hotline to some beautiful places in the city that most of us have never heard of. Come on, let's check them out.

The Urban Guide to the Countryside