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I'm Keya, editor of Muddy Leics & Rutland, 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.

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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 the perkiest pantos in the city, Leicestershire, Rutland and beyond.
Gift guide for herAunts, mums, grandmas, sisters and your girl posse all covered for Crimbo, plus some spot-on suggestions for gifts to self. Ho ho ho.
Grace Dieu Manor SchoolMuddy says: A friendly but forward-thinking co-ed independent day school taking kids from 12 weeks - 11 yrs, set in 120 acres of lush Leicestershire greenery.
Winter boltholesPack that overnighter and give yourself the break you deserve, with 37 curated cosy breaks across the Muddy counties.

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NOVEMBER 2018

The latest handpicked businesses we think you’ll love

Boboli, Kibworth Harcourt

A restaurant so popular it has its own foodie festival! Muddy jumps on the Boboli bandwagon.
- Muddy’s fave new hangout, The Priory
  
  After a stylish gastro pub for lunch or dinner? We've found just the joint down Loughborough way.
- Modern Indian fare at Lilu’s
  
  Lilu's restaurant is a fine dining-esque restaurant with posh Indian food at the heart. Muddy tucks in.
- The Wheatsheaf Inn
  
  This traditional, family-run pub is quite possibly one of the prettiest pubs I've ever visited...
- Muddy goes vegan
  
  Move over limp lettuce leaves and dry chickpea burgers and make way for some seriously delicious...

Our honest reviews of the UK’s best schools

Our curated A-Z of the grooviest local businesses

Muddy’s guide to skiing essentials

Considering heading out on your first-ever ski holiday? Well before you slalom and schuss, you may want to consider packing these clothing essentials.
- St Lucia, beyond the beaches
  
  As the nights draw in and the weather gets bloomin' chilly, Muddy Wilts ed, Joanna heads to sunnier shores for a Caribbean family adventure beyond the beaches.
- 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?

The really wild show

On the prowl for this season’s hottest print? Leopard is a cult classic given an AW18 reboot. Enter the fashion jungle for Muddy purrrfect picks.
- Hear me roaaarrrrr!
  
  If you want to stay warm and chic this season, get your mits on this brilliantly bold new season Marc Cain jumper. Grrrrr!
- Best foot forward
  
  15 ways to rock your footwear this month, from garden parties and weddings to the ultimate...

Muddy Book Club! November’s best new reads

The temperature’s dropped so batten down the hatches, commandeer the sofa and get stuck into our November picks.
- Savage X Fenty
  
  Rhianna’s brought out a new ‘Savage’ Fenty underwear range – and given...
- October’s best books
  
  Clear space on your Kindle! We've got some literary inspiration for you.
- Autumn cultural picks
  
  Just because Autumn is here doesn't mean we have to stay in! There's some brilliant events...
- More sex please, we’re British!
  
  There’s a lot of rumpy-pumpy on TV right now. And cheeringly not everyone involved resembles...

SPEEDY SUPPER

Mix up your Monday night dinner with this simple but tasty Mediterranean-style orzo and kale dish on World Vegetarian Day 2018
- Drink me
  
  When you drink as much caffeine as I do, a decent mug collection is a must. Pop the kettle on, love, and I'll show you my new season favourites.
- Cook Slow by Dean Edwards
  
  Back to work and in need of a speedy supper? Masterchef finalist and TV chef Dean Edwards' Caprese Chicken Melt will do nicely, thank you.
Wellbeing
- When wellbeing meets wine
  
  We’re into health and fitness but we also love a Chablis or three. Sound familiar? We...
- It’s National Spa Week 2018
  
  You'll feel completely zen after spending a few hours in one of these amazing spas. Annnnd...

Wanna work for Muddy?

Muddy Leicestershire and Rutland is looking for a brilliant intern! Could this be you or someone you know?
- Worklife need a reboot?
  
  Job doing your head in? Or maybe it's lack of job that's the problem? Our careers agony aunt...
- Find your ideal job
  
  There's more to life than a college education, doncha know. Muddy investigates some excellent...
Kids
- Grace Dieu Manor School
  
  Muddy says: A friendly but forward-thinking co-ed independent day school taking kids from 12 weeks - 11 yrs, set in 120 acres of lush Leicestershire greenery.
- Bonfire Bonanza
  
  Remember, remember...it's not too late to join in with all the Bonfire festivities. Here are the best in Leicestershire and Rutland.

Meet Kirsteen Thomson, from Sky’s Landscape Artist of the Year 2018

Wild card on Sky’s Landscape Artist of the Year 2018, artist Kirsteen Thomson tells us about some fabulous places she’s stumbled on locally and during her painting travels.
- Muddy makes the glossies!
  
  Our ed-in-chief Hero Brown on being a centre-fold pin-up in Psychologies magazine - alongside Thor star Chris Hemsworth!
- Meet Leicester’s most stylish lady
  
  When it comes to fashion, Sukhina Garcia has got it nailed. She runs ladies boutique, Betty Brown which grabbed the gong for Best Women's Store in the Muddy Stiletto Awards 2018.
- On the lash with Tim Henman
  
  Tim Henman, party animal - who'd have thought it? Ahead of Wimbledon, the British tennis legend...
- My Favourite Places
  
  Cliveden House is one of Meghan Markle's favourite places - she spent her pre-wedding night...