Art/Museums

Grab yourself a mini masterpiece from £50

If buying art leaves you with a blank expression to match your blank walls, then read on, laydee. Before you make an expensive mistake, we called in the experts for some top tips.
Grab yourself a mini masterpiece from £50

Virtual paddle at the ready. Here's your chance to buy small pieces of art by big names. Art On A Postcard 2020's gone online. Here's the artists to watch.
Staying in? The best of what’s on

Virtual beauty masterclasses, hot new Netflix releases, high brow theatre (and low brow Love Island) - it's all going on online this week. Stream if you wanna go faster!
The staying in boredom buster

It's a bit nippy for the sunlounger this week so head for the sofa instead - and get stuck into this week's best new at-home culture picks.
The power of print

A riot of colour and pattern at the River & Rowing Museum's new William Morris exhibition. We likey!
Spellbound – the first review

There's a brand new major exhibition in town and it's all about magic. Muddy hopped on a broomstick and headed down for an exclusive tour and it's a corker.
Pirates, Pants…

... and Wellyphants. A lovely interactive kids' exhibition featuring Nick Sharratt's iconic illustrations at Henley's River & Rowing Museum.
The best of Barbara

The River & Rowing Museum in Henley is gaining quite the reputation for its small but perfectly formed exhibitions. Following Hockney and Matisse comes this bijou tribute to sculptor Barbara Hepworth. We likey.
London calling! The capital’s best autumn art exhibitions

Need a culture fix? Here's our edit of the best art exhibitions in the capital this autumn. Embrace your inner Brian Sewell and let's go!
C’est parfait

The Degas to Picasso exhibition at The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford has us totally wowed at Muddy HQ, and this is the last weekend to catch it.
HOT NEW SPRING EXHIBITIONS

You can't beat London's museums for a culture fix. So unleash your inner Brian Sewell and check out these must-see Spring exhibitions - featuring Grayson Perry, Hockney and, um, Arnie's Terminator suit.
Book this: Festival No6 at TATE

Fancy zipping down to London for a little cultural soiree next month? If so, here’s an idea from Catherine, the immensely funky (*sniff) editor of the brand new Muddy Warwickshire.
Up close and personal

Know much about artist John Piper? We didn't either, but having seen the new the permanent new exhibition of the Henley-based polymath at The River & Rowing Museum in Henley we're now decided fans. See what the fuss is about here.
Mosaic masterpieces

Want to look at something really beautiful? I came across Oxford-based mosaicist Becky Paton a few months back and have followed her avidly since.