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I'm Mary, editor of Muddy Hampshire, 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.

Writing, Wine & Wild SwimmingMuddy scribbles a sentence or two at Tŷ Newydd, Wales' national centre for literature.
Girls' Weekend GetawaysTry these 31 awesome spas, inns, bars and retreats across the Muddy counties and reconnect with your bezzies in style.
My Favourite PlacesFlaming libations and flirting with veganism — latter-day gent and Berry Bros. & Rudd wine expert, Paul Keating, brings us his Hampshire hotspots.
Muddy meets Clara AmfoCrying over Oprah Winfrey, playing basketball with Justin Bieber — it's all in a day's work for Radio 1 DJ, Clara Amfo. Muddy is enamoured with its new BFF

Fri 28 - Sun 30 Sep 2018

Mon 24 - Sun 30 Sep 2018

September 2018

The latest handpicked businesses we think you’ll love

Ivy league

Muddy feasts on champagne, lobster and unadulterated decadence at Winchester’s newest opening.
- Seafood in the Forest
  
  English fizz & lobster mac n'cheese? Oh go on then, you've twisted our arm.
- Mary Contrary
  
  Rich & smooth with a rosemary finish — yes siree, we're liking Hants' newest gin.
- Café. Olé.
  
  Winchester, Alresford, Southsea and more: your flat-white fix in Hampshire.
- Kyoto Kitchen
  
  Beautifully crafted Japanese cuisine & a genuine love for local produce.

Our honest reviews of the UK’s best schools

Our curated A-Z of the grooviest local businesses

Girls’ Weekend Getaways

Try these 31 awesome spas, inns, bars and retreats across the Muddy counties and reconnect with your bezzies in style.
- Glamp Rock
  
  Heading West? Our guide to high-wattage camping in Cornwall, Devon and Somerset.
- Childfriendly chic in the New Forest
  
  Looking for a special, take-a-deep breath space—all Mad Men elegance, oodles of space for kids & a mahoosive dining table? Welcome to Slate Cottage.

New Season, New Shoes

Do you need any encouragement to buy new shoes? Does anyone?! 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.
- 5 Hot Trends For Autumn
  
  Finding it hard to decipher this season's myriad trends? Never fear, Muddy's here with our guide to the best looks to suit every budget.
- Legs Eleven
  
  Exercise bunnies, prepare to be wowed by the magic of, err, bamboo, thanks to this fitness & leisurewear brand.

Nadia Waterfield Fine Art

The Autumn Art Fair launches on Fri 12 Oct with over 40 painters and sculptors exhibiting.
- Writing, Wine & Wild Swimming
  
  Muddy scribbles a sentence or two at Tŷ Newydd, Wales' national centre for literature.
- More sex please, we’re British!
  
  There's a lot of rumpy pumpy on the small screen this season. And not everyone involved resembles a 20 something supermodel. It's a yes, yes, YES! from us.

The future’s AllBright

Want to start your own business? Need funding to get to the next stage? Female entrepreneurs, breathe deep, smile wide and meet your new best friends.
Kids
- West Hill Park School, Fareham
  
  A happy, romping countryside prep, where the carrot very much overrides the stick and the focus is on letting children develop in a kind, secure environment.
- Eagle House, Crowthorne
  
  Looking for a non-selective co-ed day and boarding school (3-13 yrs) on the Berks/Surrey border with a strong all-rounder reputation? Well, whaddya know!

My Favourite Places with Josie Eastwood

We caught up with the twice Muddy Award winner, whose new gallery space opens this November right in the heart of the Test Valley.
- Website 101
  
  Web designer April Hodge on women in tech, building your own site and, erm, the best cocktails in Hampshire.
- Muddy meets…
  
  Florence Nightingale, education & looking for the best in everyone with Cliff Canning, Headmaster of HCS.