The urban guide to the countryside -

Well, hello!

I'm Hero, editor of Muddy Bucks & Oxon, 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.

24 fab Christmas marketsFeeling the need to shop? Here, let us facilitate that with the best local festive fairs.
Superflashy NewsflashNew openings and launches, local gossip and the best kebabs in our 'hood. Yep, it's time for the Muddy news.
Ready to hit the slopes?How to look powder perfect on la piste.
The new John Lewis Xmas ad!Rocket Man is the secret weapon for JL's campaign - but has this year's festive tear-jerker hit orbit or crash landed?
Gift guide for littliesTreat the little people! Gorgeous young children's pressies for Christmas, with brands you won't find everywhere else.
Reader Treats!We think you're *super* - so we've created a whole section on the site with gorgeous stuff to win, from luxury nights away to the coolest beauty brands. Pull that ribbon!
Muddy makes the glossies!I'm too thrilled to play it cool - check out Muddy Stilettos over SIX pages in the brilliant Psychologies magazine!

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MON 19 - SUN 25 NOV 2018

NOVEMBER 2018

The latest handpicked businesses we think you’ll love

The perfect pub grub?

Scampi aficionado Jo Sutherland has a lotta love for the classic pub fayre at the newly rebooted Full Moon in Hawridge. Don’t steal her tartare sauce, whatever you do.
- 10 Autumn pubs with walks
  
  Is there anything better than a beautiful Autumnal walk that ends in a pub lunch? Stroll and scoff your way across Bucks & Oxon.
- Rum – it’s the new gin!
  
  Yes, it's hard to believe but we've benched the G&Ts for a super-cool exciting new tipple. Wanna know what it is? 'Course you do.
- Scandi foodie invasion!
  
  No need to head into Shoreditch, there's an influx of Nordic cool right here, with a new raft of groovy cafés and bakeries. Shall we?
- Family-friendly pub ahoy!
  
  The Roald Dahl Museum has just reopened in Great Missenden - if you're heading down, you'd be a Twit not to try this friendly pub nearby

Our honest reviews of the UK’s best schools

Our curated A-Z of the grooviest local businesses

Fancy a weekend away in Kent?

Course you do! We’ve teamed up with Southeastern to give you the lowdown on the Garden of England’s hidden gems. PLUS we’re giving away a luxe weekend stay there worth £500! Aren’t we nice?
- Brighton’s Rock ‘n’ Roll hotel
  
  We like nothing more than a quirky and cool weekend bolthole, and there's plenty of both to...
- A fairy tale stay
  
  Muddy goes all 'Rapunzel' and checks into an impressive 15th Century folly for the night with panoramic views over a famous Civil War battlefield.

On the hunt for cool creps

Trainers so chic that only a fool would take them near a gym are everywhere this season – including some places you wouldn’t expect. Guess where these beauties are from?
Beauty
- The Popham treatment
  
  Oxford hairdresser David Popham worked with Vidal Sassoon in Sixties London - so he has five decades of cutting experience. Yeah, I think I'll let him loose on my hair!
- J’adore Isabel Marant
  
  We can't stretch to new Isabel Marant boots or bags right now but it's a big "OUI!" from us to her super-chic new lipsticks.

Waddesdon Wonder

Just back from the press launch of Christmas Carnival at Waddesdon Manor and I’m telling ya, it’s a total winner. Check out the show!
- The Muddy Panto Guide 2018!
  
  It's what you've all been waiting for. Oh no it isn't! Oh yes it is! Oh no.... OK, enough! Here are 23 of the perkiest pantos in Bucks, Oxon and beyond.
- Muddy Book Club! November’s best new reads
  
  It's bloomin' freezing out there so batten down the hatches, commandeer the sofa and get stuck...

Back to school?

Feeling the need to feed your brain? There’s loads of ace new academic courses now booking in Oxford for 2019 – and you can be as part-time as you like.
Kids
- The Unicorn School
  
  The only specialist independent day school in Oxfordshire, supporting boys and girls 6-16 years with dyslexia, dyspraxia, dyscalculia and Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SLCN).
- The best Xmas shows in the West End
  
  Fancy a cultural jaunt into Larrrrndon? Oh yes you do! Celebs aplenty in our guide to the best West End classics, festive shows and pantos.

Muddy makes the glossies!

I’m too proud to be modest – check out Muddy Stilettos over SIX pages in the brilliant Psychologies magazine!
- Hey, don’t I know you from somewhere?
  
  Tring Park School for the Performing Arts churns out constellations of new generation stars - wanna see the latest batch of A-listers?
- How She Does It
  
  We grill digital start-up founder Clare Reid on nailing that killer idea, championing flexible working and putting in work/life boundaries.