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

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Making plans? Find your perfect Pub, Inn, Hotel, Café, Restaurant or Bar across the Muddy counties.

FRI 18 - SUN 20 JAN 2019

MON 14 - SUN 20 JAN 2019

JANUARY 2019

The latest handpicked businesses we think you’ll love

Christmas drinkies! What are you having?

Usually face-down in a vat of Baileys throughout December? You can do better than that! Here’s our guide to nailing your Christmas drink choices like a pro. Bottoms up!
- Rum – it’s the new gin!
  
  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.
- Church Lane, Tavistock
  
  Muddy popped in to this brand new, Mediterranean-inspired restaurant, for a combo of cocktails and ice cream.
- Who fancies ice cream?
  
  Here's another reason to visit Mothecombe: the brand new, stupidly tasty Surfing Cow Ice Cream.
- The Fig Tree @ 36
  
  Muddy celebrates at this super-welcoming restaurant moments from Plymouth's waterfront.

Our honest reviews of the UK’s best schools

Our curated A-Z of the grooviest local businesses

Your 2019 holiday inspo

Going anywhere nice on your holidays? Don’t answer that until you’ve read Muddy’s guide to the coolest travel trends for the year ahead.
- Booking your family hols?
  
  Don't do anything till you've seen Flight Centre's first Family Adventures brochure - and put yourself in the running for a £20k dream trip!
- Stay Here: Rooms by Bistrot Pierre
  
  Plymouth's historic Royal William Yard has been crying out for a boutique B&B; at last, rejoice - it's here! Muddy checks in, naturally...

Our festive fashion Top 10

Invitations piling up and nothing to wear? Well, Cinders, you shall go to the ball (or, er, pub). Muddy’s partywear edit incoming!
- Hello Winter!
  
  New season means a new wardrobe, right? Quick, book the day off, and out you go to Drake Circus for a shopping sesh!
- Bagsie this!
  
  Meet The Jambo Collection: statement bags and accessories so damn gorgeous, you'll be mooooved to buy the whole lot.

The best books of 2018

Attention bookworms! Put this little lot on your Christmas list and you can thank us later. Muddy’s books editor Kerry Potter choose her top 10 tomes of 2018. Has your favourite made the cut?
- The John Lewis Xmas ad!
  
  This year's ad has launched with the Rocket Man as its secret weapon for 2018 - but has it hit orbit or crash landed?
- West End Xmas Shows
  
  Fancy a cultural jaunt into Larrrrndon? Oh yes you do! Celebs aplenty in our guide to the best festive shows and pantos.
- November’s best new reads
  
  It's bloomin' freezing out there so batten down the hatches, commandeer the sofa and get stuck into these!
- Savage X Fenty
  
  Rhianna's brought out a new 'Savage' Fenty underwear range - with a very cool, otherworldly vid. Wanna see?

Work driving you nuts? We have a book for that

Feeling a bit ‘meh’ about work? Reading this when you should be writing a report? (Naughty!) Or maybe you’re dreaming about changing careers completely? Whatever your job dilemma, we have a book for that.
Kids
- Top 10 kids books
  
  The Top 10 books for kids this Christmas - lovingly chosen by The Book House, purveyors of one of the top kids sections in the county!
- Top 10 books for young adults
  
  Indie bookshop Mostly Books has scoured the shelves, and selected its Top 10 books for the miracle of a tween/teen no-screen Christmas.

Muddy meets… Craig Revel-Horwood

Want the hot goss from the BBC ballroom? Strictly judge Craig Revel Horwood dishes the dirt on this year’s show.
- Our Favourite Places
  
  Heading to Salcombe this summer? When in town, tap up the locals for some insider knowledge. Oh look, we just did!
- World Cup Wonders
  
  Far be it from us to objectify the World Cup's hottest footballers. Instead we've found you the smartest. Seriously!
- Oh, hi Tim Henman!
  
  The British tennis legend is a party animal who also happens to have a soft spot for Devon - who'd have thought it?
- Muddy meets Clara Amfo
  
  Winning Pointless, shooting hoops with Bieber, crying over Oprah Winfrey - Muddy is enamoured with its new BFF.