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Reviews

June’s best new books

Feel the need, the need to read? You’re in luck – the Muddy Book Club features June’s best literary offerings.
May’s Best New Books

Want to get lost in a good book? Schedule some ‘me time’, here’s our pick of the best new releases for May.

Review: The Glass Menagerie

Want to break free? Dig out your PVC mini (lose the ‘tache) and bust over the border, the lights of London town are winking. Kent’s Muddy editor Debbie, did just that and popped in to the Duke of York theatre to see The Glass Menagerie. And the verdict’s in. Over to you, Debbie… If you’ve ever had a […]
Review: Seussical the Musical

Join the Cat in the Hat for a Dr Seuss mash up that’s bold, bonkers and utterly brilliant.

April’s Best New Books

Seeking literary inspiration? Muddy’s professional bookworm Kerry Potter is here to help with her April picks, so clear space on your Kindle or bookshelves pronto. And if you have any recommendations of your own, we’d love to hear from you – what are you reading right now? What’s been abandoned on your bedside table for months? Bookish musings in […]
March’s best books

Seeking literary inspiration? Muddy’s professional bookworm Kerry Potter is here to help with her March picks. That precarious tower of tomes on your bedside table is about to getting even taller…. And if you have any recommendations of your own, we’d love to hear from you – literary musings in the comment box below please! How Not […]

Review: Faust x2, The Watermill

What on earth does Faust – a work-weary academic with a dicky heart – and Star Wars’ evil Emperor Palpatine have in common? Well, both are played by Scottish acting legend Ian McDiarmid, for starters, both turn to the dark side, frustrated by their limitations and they both want to have their wicked way. Although in Faust’s case, this has […]
Muddy Book Club – the team faves

Having survived (or suffered in my case) World Book Day, let’s celebrate all things literary with some reading list inspiration in the form of our the Muddy Book Club (without the wine, sadly – although there’s nothing to stop you pouring yourself a glass while you peruse this. We won’t tell anyone it’s 10am). We’re an extremely *cough* cerebral […]

NEW! Muddy Book Club: Februarys Best Reads

Need a new book to get stuck into? Muddy, as ever, is here to help. Taking being a bookworm to a whole new level is Muddy’s Kerry Potter. She gets 300 – yes, THREE HUNDRED shiny new tomes delivered to her house every month as she’s also books editor at a glossy mag (won’t somebody think of […]
Review: First Hippo To The Moon

With David Walliams’s beautifully bonkers First Hippo To The Moon bursting into three Berkshire theatres over the next couple of months, I thought you might like to get the Muddy lowdown from Sussex editor Debbie, who was lucky enough to have the fancy pants Eastbourne premiere on her patch. Like a good poo joke? Bet you know […]