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Ready, steady… SHOP INDIE!

You want to 'shop small' but lockdown is making it tricky. Not on my watch! Our latest launch, The Indie Store, is all about supporting brilliant local retail, and here's how you can help too.
Win £1000 to kickstart your new business!

Ready to start your own business? This will help then! We joined forces with Tide banking to offer a fantastic £1000 cash kickstart to one lucky Muddy Stilettos entrepreneur. Go, go, go!
Is it time to start your own business?

2020 has forced many of us to radically rethink our careers, goals and dreams. Muddy meets four inspiring women who took control and started their own businesses during Covid. Is it time we joined them?</a

What I’ve learnt in lockdown

Love it or loathe it, lockdown has given us time to learn new skills but has it taught us something deeper? Muddy tapped five women juggling careers, babies and even a tumour, to tell all.
Top tips on love in a Corona climate

The confinement we're experiencing right now can make even the most rock-solid of relationships creak. Read on for our expert guide on how to keep love (and lust) going.
J’adore/ J’abhor

Parlez-vous teen slang? The language barrier has always been a problem when it comes to parent/child communications. Do you find the way your little darlings speak totally basic or, like, lit?
Win £2000 to kickstart your business dreams

Have a brilliant business that needs a helping hand? We’ve teamed up with business banking alternative, Tide, to offer two grand to give you the boost you need. Competition now closed.
J’adore/ J’abhor…

Feeling it for 2020's New Year's Resolutions or think they're a total waste of time? Muddy ed-in-chief Hero and HQ staffer Nancy duke it out.
Making work work for you

Back at your desk after summer fun and not really feeling it? We hear you. Here's some food for thought from the autumn's hottest self-help book by ex Elle journalist turned author Lotte Jeffs.
Strike a light

Feeling the need to unwind? Strike a light and relax as hard as you can with these recycled, vegan candles from Hunters Moon
Can’t get no sleep?

You’re not the only one. If Faithless’s 'Insomnia' could’ve been written for you, read on, sleepy head.
First time fashion

Ready for an adventure? Us too! At Muddy we’ve committed to new experiences this summer (both cultural and clothes related, natch). Read on for inspo - and win a sizzling £400 hush wardrobe while you’re at it!
Wonderful weddings

Planning a your I Dos? Don't do anything until you've consulted our guide to the dreamiest venues, florists, photographers and more- you're welcome!
Wonderful Weddings

Planning a wedding? Don't do anything until you've consulted our comprehensive wedding guide for all 21 Muddy counties. The dreamiest venues, florists, photographers and more - you're welcome!
Nail your work/life balance

The juggle is real - and not going anywhere - so how the hell can we to get it right?! Let's ask the work/life balance experts for some help.
30 fab cookery classes

29 of the best cookery courses to tantalise your tastebuds (and impress your dinner guests)
What happens now?

Good news for those who are finding abstinence a bore - 2018's about mindful drinking. Pour a glass and read on.
How to be happy in 2018!

Promised yourself less 'going to' and more 'do' this year? Here's 26 of the best courses to kickstart your 2018.