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Well, hello!

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

Gotta Have It

Our fashion favourite Cos is launching babywear this week - and we've gone gaga for it. Behold the cuteness!

Fun Finder

Making plans? Find your perfect Pub, Inn, Hotel, Café, Restaurant or Bar across the Muddy counties.

Spotlight

Eat OutView more

The perfect pub grub?

Scampi aficionado Jo Sutherland has a lotta love for the classic pub fayre at the newly rebooted Full Moon in Hawridge. Don’t steal her tartare sauce, whatever you do.
- 10 Autumn pubs with walks
  
  Is there anything better than a beautiful Autumnal walk that ends in a pub lunch? Stroll and scoff your way across Bucks & Oxon with my starter for 10.
- Swanning about by the river
  
  A pub immersed in literary history with stunning river views and a new chef adding pizazz to the menu. Is it a page turner? You bet it is.
- 20 Sunday Roasts!
  
  Bring on the Yorkshire puds! Where are the best spots for a weekend nosh up? Here's our round up of our fave cosy pubs for you to try...
- The Mulberry Inn
  
  Big flavours and a big friendly welcome is the order of the day at this newly zhushed up Surrey country pub owned by Chris Evans.

TravelView more

And Relax… we’re on the Roseland

Four picture-perfect holiday cottages on the Roseland Peninsula offer a change of pace in one of Cornwall’s prettiest and sleepiest corners.
- St Lucia, beyond the beaches
  
  As the nights draw in and the weather gets bloomin' chilly, what's the best thing to do? Book a holiday, of course! Fancy something with loads of adventure for the kids? It's got to be St Lucia, baby!
- Brighton’s Rock ‘n’ Roll hotel
  
  From silly to sexy, there's plenty of fun to be had at Brighton's unique Hotel Pelirocco

FashionView more

On the hunt for cool creps

Trainers so chic that only a fool would take them near a gym are everywhere this season – including some places you wouldn’t expect. Guess where these beauties are from?
- 5 hot trends for Autumn
  
  Ready to shop the new season? We've picked out five trends we love, all available at Westgate Oxford.
- New season, new shoes
  
  Clear space on the shoe rack - I've rounded up Top 15 Autumn footwear faves, from stilettos to sneakers.

BeautyView more

- J’adore Isabel Marant
  
  We can't stretch to new Isabel Marant boots or bags right now but it's a big "OUI!" from us to her super-chic new lipsticks.
- Skin Genius
  
  This natural and organic skincare range won multiple awards at this year's Beauty Shortlist Awards, and with a new look we love it more than ever.

Arts & CultureView more

The new John Lewis Xmas ad!

It’s here! The John Lewis Christmas ad has launched with the Rocket Man as its secret weapon for 2018 – but has it hit orbit or crash landed? You decide!
- Muddy Book Club! November’s best new reads
  
  It's bloomin' freezing out there so batten down the hatches, commandeer the sofa and get stuck...
- Savage X Fenty
  
  Rhianna's brought out a new 'Savage' Fenty underwear range - and given it some serious separate and uplift with a very cool, slightly otherworldly vid. Wanna see?
- First night: Evita, Wycombe Swan
  
  Don't cry for me, I love musicals! Muddy heads to the first night of Evita to see Lucy 'The Voice' O’Byrne in action. But was she totalmente increíble?
- Troilus and Cressida
  
  It's back to the future for the RSC's Mad Max post-apocalyptic version of Troilus and Cressida with music by solo percussionist Evelyn Glennie.

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- Recipe: Italian almond biscuits
  
  Nom nom nom. I'm loving this recipe for Crimbo. Get your kids to help you if you have the patience, or try it yourself with a glass of Italian red.
- Doggy style
  
  Pampered pooches rejoice! Now you can lounge on a your very own mini-sofa that's more stylish than your owners' one. Woof!
Wellbeing
- Self-care quiz time!
  
  Here at Muddy we love wellbeing and we love a quiz, so a wellbeing quiz? We've all done it - but how will you get on?
- Fitness challenge!
  
  Nothing like a race looming to motivate you to go for a walk, run, swim or cycle on these chilly autumn mornings.

WorkView more

- Back to school?
  
  Feeling the need to feed your brain? There's loads of ace new academic courses now booking in Oxford for 2019 - and you can be as part-time as you like.
- Flexible working – a personal view
  
  It's a contentious issue, that's for sure! As a full-time working mum and business owner, I can see both sides of that fence. Wanna know what I think?
Kids
- Review: The Comedy of Errors
  
  Local children take to the stage in the RSC's new First Encounters with Shakespeare production for 7 - 13-year-olds combining the floss, yoga and some frenetic family fun.
- Inside The Haunted Castle
  
  Muddy boldly goes in search of the scariest thrills for Halloween at Warwick Castle on a family day out.

People View more

Ain’t nothing like a dame

Slap on the grease paint, hoick up your skirt and channel Princess Margaret. Muddy meets Reading’s irrepressible panto dame, Paul Morse.
- Muddy makes the glossies!
  
  I'm too thrilled to play it cool - check out Muddy Stilettos over SIX pages in the brilliant Psychologies magazine!
- ‘It’s a real action-hero, ‘Marvel’-like play’
  
  Super-stylish rising RSC talent Amber James on Gregory Doran's Mad-Max-style futuristic dystopian Troilus and Cressida.

The Urban Guide to the Countryside