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

Gotta Have It

Our curated A-Z of the grooviest local businesses

Superflashy Newsflash!Listen very carefully, I shall shout zis only once! Here's this month's lashing of mega-Muddy gossip including auditions at the Beeb, a new hotel and lush new shop, deli and bar openings.
Twinkle, twinkle little spaNeed a little ME TIME now the kids are safely back at school? (Is the pope Catholic?!) Check out my pick of twelve of the best Spa Breaks in Devon.
Fancy a £1000 Luxury Family Hotel stay?Er YEAH! Read our review of stunning Fowey Hall in Cornwall, and snaffle a long weekender at one of five idyllic Luxury Family Hotels in Cornwall, Suffolk, Hants, Wilts or Dorset.
Win 7 perfect pieces to ease you into AutumnMuddy's fashion fave hush has triumphed with its new trans-seasonal collection, and we have five - yes FIVE! - sets of our fashion edit to give away, worth over £3600. Go, go, go!
Superflashy!Wanna know where to find the cool new bars and eateries? Course you do! Clickety click for all the latest goss from around our fantabulous county.

Fri 20 – Sun 22 Sept

Mon 16 – Sun 22 Sept

SEPTEMBER

The latest handpicked businesses we think you’ll love

Hallo Halulu!

Say aloha to a new surfer-style bar on Teignmouth’s sea-front complete with cool graffiti art and amazing sea views.
- Review: Riverford Field Kitchen
  
  Wanna live life on the veg? Muddy books in for Meat-free Monday at Riverford Field Kitchen and discovers: who shares wins.
- Review: The Duck at Yeoford
  
  Cor, love a duck? Yeoford's only village pub has talented new owners and a ruddy-gorgeous new look. You'd be quackers not to get to down there quick!
- The best brunch in town
  
  The most lipsmackingly indulgent meal of the day and we have 47 of the best ones to tempt you with, from vegan to full English, flat white to green detox. Just add friends and a hangover.
- 10 Fave Veggie Eateries
  
  Tofu or not tofu, that is the question! Whether you're a veggie or the full vegan, Devon's plant-based cafes and restaurants have never looked so lush.

Our honest reviews of the UK’s best schools

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

24 hours in Matera

Have you seen the new James Bond ‘No Time To Die’ trailer with the car chase scenes around Matera? I was in this European City of Culture 2019 just a few months back, checking out the best places to go (but of course!). Make mine a martini, shaken not stirred while I tell you my insider tips to the coolest city you’ve probably never heard of!
- Art and soul: why everyone needs a night at Broomhill Art Hotel
  
  Contemporary, quirky and one-of-a-kind: and the artworks aren't bad either! Muddy heads to North Devon for a top-up of sculpture-culture
- Fancy a £1000 Luxury Family Hotel stay?
  
  Er YEAH! Read our review of stunning Fowey Hall, and snaffle a long weekender at one of the hotels in Cornwall, Suffolk, Hants, Wilts or Dorset.

J’adore/J’abhor

This week’s Muddy heated debate: whether or not to embrace a full head of grey hair. Eeeek! or chic? We duke it out.
- Win 7 perfect pieces to ease you into Autumn
  
  Muddy's fashion fave hush has triumphed with its new trans-seasonal collection - and we have five - yes FIVE! - sets of our fashion edit to give away, worth over £3500. Go, go, go!
- Word up
  
  Too busy to say it yourself? Lacking the vocab to express your feelings after a long day battling spreadsheets or sprogs? Let a classic slogan T do it for you.

Take the Bait

Glad to wave bye-bye to the summer influx of crowds and caravans? Check out Bait – a darkly witty drama tackling the effect of tourism on one south-west fishing village.
- Read THESE this month…
  
  ... and win 'em all! Curl up into a comfy chair, pour a glass of wine, and dive into a new fab book with this month's hottest new reads.
- Your awesome Autumn culture planner
  
  It's all going on! Behold, your cheat-sheet to the season's best art, theatre, TV, books and film in the UK, as curated by Muddy's extremely cultural Kerry Potter.
- Have you got your ticket for THE event of autumn?
  
  Tickets for our Muddy Book Club Live at Henley Literary Festival next month are selling like hotcakes. Be there or be square!
- Everyone’s talking about….
  
  Jude Law, baby! Or should that be his itty bitty very pretty papal white budgie smugglers? Banish your other half for five minutes and ogle the trailer in peace.

Muddy talks the talk

This September I’m giving a talk to fab new women’s networking group, Six Degrees, in Exeter. Come and say hello!
Kids
- Students sing to save the planet
  
  Is your child kept up at night worrying about climate change? Here's how girls from one Devon school have decided to get vocal.
- Back-to-school essentials
  
  Summer hols over? Oh, what a *shame*! Sort your kids with our pick of everything they need for the new school term - and then it's a party round at mine.

Muddy meets the Countess of Devon

Where does a Californian countess with 3500 acres to roll round in go on her days off? Countess of Devon, AJ Courtenay, tells Muddy about some of her favourite places.
- Muddy meets Terry
  
  Terry Hall a fan of cream teas and the West Country - who knew? The ska legend talks shopping, selfies and what's on his playlist
- MUDDY MEETS SHAPPI
  
  ...Shappi Khorsandi on her new Skittish Warrior tour, how NOT to be funny and why you should do things that scare you (hell yeah!)
- Well, hello young man!
  
  Muddy meets Michael O'Reilly, sultry star of Dirty Dancing. Catch him at Princes Theatre next week - but don't throw watermelons at him, he doesn't like it.
- Muddy meets Tom Kerridge…
  
  ... and talks Marlow's Pub in the Park (Kaiser Chiefs, people), his favourite local eateries, and work life balance issues - yup, he has them too!