The urban guide to the countryside -

Well, hello!

I'm Rachel, editor of Muddy Berkshire, 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.

FRI 22 – SUN 24 FEB

MON 18 – SUN 24 FEB

FEBRUARY 2019

The latest handpicked businesses we think you’ll love

Skip brekkie for a hipster brunch

Fancy a lie in? Hit that snooze button, body swerve the granola and dive into avo and eggs at Reading’s super-stylish Malmaison.
- 31 Below, Marylebone
  
  You can keep Oxford, Bond and Kensington - it's Marylebone High Street and its new watering hole, 31 Below, all the way for me!
- The best cheap eats
  
  If you caned the credit card, swanky dinners are probably off the menu. What you need is a Muddy-approved cheap but chic dining spots.
- Carnivores unite!
  
  All the fuss about clean eating and vegan this-and-that driving you insane? Get your chops around the unashamedly meat eats at The Corn Stores.
- Windsor’s Bel of the ball
  
  Royal brides are like buses in Windsor but there's only one bel of the ball. So it’s hello and make mine 3 courses at the Bel & The Dragon.

Our honest reviews of the UK’s best schools

Our curated A-Z of the grooviest local businesses

Why travel agents rock

You get one life – don’t waste it – eight reasons to use a boutique travel agent.
- Best ski weekenders
  
  Looking for inspiration for a weekend away to the slopes - we tapped up the experts at Blue Eye Travelfor their top four getaways.
- Get a room! Hurley House reviewed
  
  Escape to the country for a luxury overnighter at this relaxing Berkshire bolthole – top nosh and quality starfishing await.

Bonjour Sézane

Say bonjour to Sézane, your new favourite French fashion brand. Click this way and I’ll tell you more, ma cherie.
Beauty
- Natural skincare + bio-active science = RESULTS
  
  Two sisters, one multi-award winning beauty brand and - oh hello - 10 Balance Me bundles worth a total of £1200 to give away!
- Six hangover hiders
  
  In the interests of not being mistaken for a dug-up corpse this festive season, behold our five favourite morning after skincare saviours.

First night: Madagascar The Musical, The Hexagon

I like to move it move it! Muddy heads to the first night of Madagascar The Musical to see if Matt ‘The X Factor’ Terry has roarsome animal attraction.
- Run for the hills
  
  Actually don't just yet - let me tell about these brilliantly inspiring running books first - all the inspo you need to pull on your trainers. Plus, fun local races to sign up for!
- Review: Macbeth at SHP
  
  Blood spatter, treachery and backstabbing… Joe Malyan's intensely dark production of Macbeth returns to South Hill Park, Muddy checks it out.

Muddy makes the Daily Mail

What have we got here then? The 50 most inspirational women in the UK – including Keeley Hawes, Dina Asher-Smith, Jaqueline Wilson, Thomasina Miers, and *splutter* Muddy’s high priestess Hero Brown.
Kids
- St George’s School Windsor Castle
  
  Muddy says: More than just a chi-chi address, St George's is a chorister school, with royal links, excellent academics and music oozing from every corner.
- 7 ways to ace early years parenting
  
  It's all about developing 'soft' life skills through play, according to St Joseph's College's Mark Bushby and Gemma Davies. Which means stand down all you tiger mums!

Hair today for a greener tomorrow

If you’re an anti-plastic ninja, eco warrior princess who wants super-sexy hair meet Jo of Gilded Hair, a woman who’s big on style and sustainability.
- Muddy meets Tom Kerridge…
  
  ... and talks Marlow's Pub in the Park (Kaiser Chiefs, people), his favourite local eateries, and work life balance issues - yup, he has them too!
- Ain’t nothing like a dame
  
  Slap on the grease paint, hoick up your skirt and channel your inner Princess Margaret. Muddy meets Reading's irrepressible panto dame Paul Morse.