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

Don’t leave it to chance! Choose from our handpicked selection of the best businesses near you.

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OCTOBER 2017

The Best Pub in England

Into the winner’s enclosure! A lovely village inn that’s only gone and won AA Best Pub in England
- 2018’s Michelin winners
  
  The judge's scores are in, they've held up their Michelin paddleboards and here are our local winners.
- The Maytime Inn
  
  Looking for a romantic escape? The Cotswolds’ Maytime Inn has your back.
- Royal Exchange, Lindford
  
  A friendly inn on the Hampshire/Surrey border serving local pub nosh.
- The Woolpack
  
  The rural Hampshire institution with a dose of eccentricity.

Our honest reviews of the UK’s best schools

Our curated A-Z of the grooviest local businesses

Paschoe House Perfection

Glam, stylish and fun: Devon’s shiny new country house experience delivers on detail – and zzzzzzz’s. Fancy a nose around?
- The Red Lion, Odiham
  
  Love this fam-friendly rural Hants pub: local produce, off-road cycling & boating, close to the M3 PLUS 25% off for Muddies.
- Spain with kids
  
  As the summer hols come to an end, what's the best thing to do? Look ahead to the next one, of course!

The latest handpicked businesses we think you’ll love

6 hot-to-trot wearable AW17 trends

We asked an expert to decode the new season’s trends. Don’t go shopping until you read this!
- Super Silver Jewellery
  
  Ring-a-ding-ling - we've gone mental for metals!
- 6 Unisex Kids Labels
  
  Trailblazing children’s fashion for boys and girls.

Autumn Fair, Nadia Waterfield Fine Art

If you haven’t visited Nadia Waterfield Fine Art, then here’s your chance. The gallery’s Autumn Art Fair launches on 11 Oct with over 40 painters and sculptors exhibiting contemporary and traditional original works.
- London Calling
  
  Need a culture fix? Here's the Capital's best art exhibitions this autumn.
- Marlborough LitFest
  
  From 28 Sept Marlborough will rock with the cultural literati. Here’s Muddy Wilts Joanna's pick of what’s on.
- Your Festival Wedding
  
  Goodie bags, heel-guards and the power of bacon: 10 essential tips from the Muddy award-winning, Beautiful Bells.
- West End Kids
  
  London-bound? Muddy Wilts Joanna's pick of the best children's theatre.

Muddy Hants is Hiring

Based in Hampshire? Want to work for Muddy Stilettos, the biggest and most influential lifestyle blog in the UK, with editions in 16 counties and over 300,000 subscribers? You’re in the right place.
- Writing for the Web
  
  8 Tips to Write for the Web
- Work driving you nuts?
  
  Whatever your career dilemma, there's a book for that! Here's our pick of the most super-useful new tomes.
Kids
- Moulsford School
  
  Muddy says: A highly-regarded boy’s prep school in South Oxon in a stonkingly lovely setting...
- 7 things to ask at school Open Days
  
  Looked around a school and still can't judge if it suits your child? Rachel Dent, head of The Abbey School, gives her tips on what to see, do and ask.

Say hello to Shaun Leane

Meet the man who combines fashion with craftsmanship. Sean Leane talks to Muddy about bringing the bling to McQueen and his own Jewellery collection at Strange The Jeweller.
- Pass the legwarmers…
  
  Muddy donned it's skimpiest leotard to interview ex Strictly champ Joanne Clifton who brings...
- Peak Insta?
  
  Less hottie, more hot mess? You'll need this feed then.
- Hey Midge, nice ‘tash!
  
  Never mind the deep stuff, Muddy talks music, mullets and more with the little Ultravox front man. "OOOHHH VIENNAAA!"
- My Favourite Places
  
  From a lady who knows her grapes: Wine Utopia's Rachel Gibson.