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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.

Muddy makes the glossies!I'm too thrilled to play it cool - check out Muddy Stilettos over SIX pages in the brilliant Psychologies magazine!
Half Term SORTED!17 fab Things To Do with the kids in the hols.
Muddy's Saturday night out!Our second Muddy literary salon went off with a bang in Henley this weekend, despite the soggy weather. Didn't make it? Here's the lowdown.
Muddy meets... Craig Revel-HorwoodWant the hot goss from the BBC ballroom? Strictly judge Craig Revel Horwood dishes the dirt on this year's show.
Girls' weekend getawaysTry these 30 awesome spas, inns, bars and retreats across the Muddy counties and reconnect with your bezzies in style.

FRI 19 - SUN 21 OCT 2018

MON 15 - SUN 21 OCT 2018

OCTOBER 2018

The latest handpicked businesses we think you’ll love

The most impressive culinary reboot of the year?

Attention South Oxon foodies! There’s an incredible new chef and menu at the Leatherne Bottel in Goring. Muddy’s Sascha Way gets stuck in.
- Local stars
  
  It's the accolade that all chefs want - so whose wish on a Michelin star in Bucks and Oxon came true this year?
- The best inn in Bucks?
  
  Very rare that I gush, but The Mash Inn is about to get it with two barrels for its fantastic offering for grown-ups in rolling Chiltern countryside. Go!
- The Lion, Wendlebury
  
  This vast pub-with-rooms near Bicester Village is offers lovely all-day dining. Muddy pops in and pigs out.
- Carnivores unite!
  
  All the fuss about vegan this-and-that driving you insane? Get your chops around the meaty eats at The Chequers in Marlow.

Our honest reviews of the UK’s best schools

Our curated A-Z of the grooviest local businesses

Need a romantic weekend away?

We make a break for the border, with Muddy’s Sophie checking in to the recently refurbed Woburn Hotel in Beds for a romantic weekend. Ooh la la!
- Thinking about your next holiday?
  
  Well, if you go down to the woods, you'll be sure of a big surprise. In a good way, mind. Luxury log forest cabin with extra treats for Muddy readers? Let's go.
- Five star freebies
  
  No charge for kids to eat or stay at superluxe Stoke Park this month. Book up and chill out!

5 hot trends for Autumn

Ready to shop the new season? We’ve picked out five trends we love, with an option for every budget, and all available at Westgate Oxford (or if you can’t be bothered to move, online!).
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.

First night: Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake

A brilliant updated production of Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake at the Wycombe Swan that you absolutely need to see. Read my review, and go.
- How He Does it
  
  *The* iconic modern male dancing role is the Swan in Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake - so what does it take to make it? Max Westwell reveals all.
- Read these! October’s best books
  
  Clear space on your Kindle! Muddy's pro bookworm, Kerry Potter, has some literary inspiration for you.

Flexible working – a personal view

It’s a contentious issue, that’s for sure! Wanna know what I think?
Kids
- Christchurch Cathedral School, Oxford
  
  Oxford city centre specialist chorister school for boys, with excellent academics and music oozing from every corner
- Thorpe House School, Chalfont St Giles
  
  A small, friendly day school for boys aged 3-16 between Gerrard's Cross and Chalfont St Peter, set in 7 acres and high on inclusivity.

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.