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I'm Catherine, editor of Muddy Warwickshire, here to bring you the quirky, cool and downright unmissable in the area.

Gotta Have It

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

20 Fab Festive MarketsFeeling the need to shop? Here, let us facilitate that! Read on for your fill of the best local festive fairs..
The new John Lewis Xmas ad!Rocket Man is the secret weapon of JL's campaign - but has this festive tear-jerker his orbit or crash-landed?
Gift guide for herAunts, mums, grandmas, sisters and your girl posse all covered for Crimbo, plus some spot-on suggestions for gifts to self. Ho ho ho.
Reader Treats!We think you're super, so we've created a whole section on the site with gorgeous stuff to win. Pull that ribbon!
Review: RSC's TartuffeBAFTA and Emmy-Award winning TV writers Anil Gupta and Richard Pinto reimagine Moliere’s great French comedy in modern-day Brum.
Fancy a weekend away in Kent?Course you do! We've teamed up with Southeastern to give you the lowdown PLUS we're giving away a luxe weekend stay there worth £500!
Review: RSC's TamburlaineJude Owusu is chillingly charismatic in Michael Boyd’s stylish take on Marlowe's epic Elizabethan gore-fest.

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MON NOV 12 - SUN NOV 18

NOVEMBER 2018

The latest handpicked businesses we think you’ll love

Bye bye gin, we have a new favourite drink!

Yes, it’s hard to believe but we’ve benched the G&Ts for a super-cool exciting new tipple. Wanna know what it is? ‘Course you do.
- The Castle at Edgehill
  
  Muddy goes all 'Rapunzel' and checks into an impressive 15th Century folly for the night with panoramic views over a famous Civil War battlefield.
- 2019’s Michelin winners
  
  The best places to eat in Warwickshire and the Midlands from swanky restaurants to country pubs.
- Jacob’s Plough, Bicester
  
  Best-selling crime writer Sharon Bolton turns her forensic eye to this stylish, family-friendly pub in Bicester.
- The Belfry Hotel & Resort
  
  Dine and snooze at this 4* top golf, leisure and spa resort in the North Warwickshire countryside. Like we did...

Our honest reviews of the UK’s best schools

Our curated A-Z of the grooviest local businesses

Fancy a weekend away in Kent?

Course you do! We’ve teamed up with Southeastern to give you the lowdown on the Garden of England’s hidden gems. PLUS we’re giving away a luxe weekend stay there worth £500! Aren’t we nice?
- Winter boltholes
  
  Pack that overnighter and give yourself the break you deserve, with 37 curated cosy breaks across the Muddy counties.
- Girls’ weekend getaways
  
  Try these 30 awesome spas, inns, bars and retreats across the Muddy counties and reconnect with your bezzies in style.

Savage X Fenty

Rihanna’s brought out a new ‘Savage’ Fenty underwear range – and given it some serious uplift with a very cool, slightly otherworldly vid. Wanna see?
- 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?
- New season, new shoes
  
  Clear some space on the shoe rack - I've rounded up my Top 15 footwear favourites for autumn, from elegant ankle boots to the super-cool sneakers.

Reader Treats: Win 2 VIP Tickets to Mimbre’s Fierce Sisters

Don’t miss out on the chance to win a pair of adult tickets to the VIP launch of this dazzling new immersive winter experience, plus a festive hamper!
- 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!
- See this! Sphere, Shop Front Theatre, Coventry
  
  Sit back and enjoy the #AreWeWhereWeAre series finale as seven new interlinked works unfold, commissioned by Coventry's award-winning Theatre Absolute.
- Othello, Warwick Arts Centre
  
  A relevant contemporary English Touring Theatre (ETT) production by a youthful cast that throws a powerful, poignant punch.
- November’s best new reads
  
  It's bloomin' freezing out there so batten down the hatches, commandeer the sofa and get stuck into Muddy books editor Kerry Potter's November picks. Plus, win the lot!

9 Christmas Wreath Workshops

Deck your door with boughs of holly! These local festive craft classes are hugely popular (wonder if the mulled wine has anything to do with that?) so, quick, book now.
- 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!
- Drink Me
  
  When you drink as much caffeine as I do, a decent mug collection is a must. Pop the kettle on, love, and I'll show you my new season favourites.
Wellbeing
- Girls’ weekend getaways
  
  Try these 30 awesome spas, inns, bars and retreats across the Muddy counties and reconnect with your bezzies in style.
- Divine Bliss!
  
  Muddy's Keya Modessa checks into award-winning spa, Ragdale Hall and finds her zen in the new Rooftop Infinity Pool.

Co-working: 5 reasons to do it

Are you tired of working from home? Sick of setting up in coffee shops? Maybe you’re over the rigidity of long-term office leases? Then it’s time to consider co-working.
- Flexible working – a personal view
  
  It's a contentious issue, that's for sure! As a full-time working mum and business owner, Hero Brown can see both sides of that fence. Wanna know what Muddy's founder and editor-in-chief thinks?
- The Parent’s Guide to Surviving Exam Results…
  
  because it's not just the kids who are bricking it on GSCE, AS and A level results days this year, right?!
Kids
- Christmas in the West End
  
  Shows, panto, ballet, musicals, even a bit of puppetry ...check out our pick of the best family entertainment this holiday season.
- 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.

Muddy makes the glossies!

Our ed-in-chief Hero Brown on being a 6-page centre-fold in Psychologies magazine – alongside Thor star Chris Hemsworth!
- ‘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.
- An Elizabethan/TOWIE mash-up?
  
  We meet Fiona Laird for a chinwag about her RSC directorial debut, The Merry Wives of Windsor, fame and seeing Daniel Craig naked…
- Muddy meets Clara Amfo
  
  Winning TV quiz Pointless, playing basketball with Justin Bieber, crying over Oprah Winfrey - it's all in a day's work for Radio 1 DJ Clara Amfo. Muddy is enamoured with its new BFF.
- Meet the RSC’s new Juliet
  
  Super-modest and down-to-earth Glaswegian actress Karen Fishwick is a girl after our own hearts here at Muddy – “passionate” about drinking and good food!