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I'm Ali, editor of Muddy Kent, 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.

Feb Half Term GuideMaking half term plans? What you need is the impeccably curated Muddy Half Term guide with the top 16 children’s activities in Kent.
7 Property Hot SpotsThinking of moving house? Look no further - we've put together a list of some of Kent and East Sussex's Top Property Hot Spots - just for you!
Natural skincare + bio-active science = RESULTSTwo sisters, one multi-award winning beauty brand and - oh hello - 10 Balance Me bundles worth a total of £1200 to give away!
Alternative Valentine'sForget playing romance-by-rote, sitting in a restaurant and being handed a soggy rose. Here's 14 original ideas to try...
16 Cosy pubs & walksFancy a crisp walk then a decent pub lunch? Or maybe you’d rather just curl up with a book in a cosy corner? We’ve got it covered.
Superflashy Newsflash!All the cool and groovy local news I've heard happening around Kent, now and in the upcoming months. Lean closer!

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FEBRUARY 2019

The latest handpicked businesses we think you’ll love

Kent’s top gastropubs

Foodies rejoice! 4 of Kent’s fabulous pubs made the cut in the national Top 50 Gastropub Awards (this is the list that matters – as voted by industry experts). We love these wonderful eateries. Book your table now!
- 31 Below, Marylebone
  
  You can keep Oxford, Bond and Kensington - it's Marylebone High Street and its new watering hole, 31 Below, all the way for me!
- Review: Seventeen at One Warwick Park
  
  Muddy tries OWP's SEVENTEEN restaurant and discovered you can tumble down the rabbit hole this January with Alice in Wonderland inspired interiors and Afternoon teas. Curious? (And curiouser?)
- 20 Sunday Roasts! But not all at once…
  
  Bring on the Yorkshire puds! Where are the best spots for a weekend nosh up? Here's our round up of our fave cosy pubs for you to try...
- Marco Pierre White Steakhouse Bar & Grill
  
  Launching this November Marco Pierre White has a brand spankin' new Steakhouse Bar & Grill in Folkestone.

Our honest reviews of the UK’s best schools

Our curated A-Z of the grooviest local businesses

Kids in chaaaarge!

Let my kids pick our family holiday? Errr, really? Call me a cynic, but this, I had to put to the test…Read on to see the result!
- Fancy a weekend away… in Kent?!
  
  No need to travel past our border for the best things in life! I've teamed up with Southeastern to give you the lowdown on Kent's hidden gems. PLUS you can win a luxe hotel break in Tunny Wells worth £500! Aren't I nice?
- The ultimate gift?
  
  There's no better Chrimbo present than an experience, right? Either for yourself, or someone...

Witness the fitness! The best new sports gear for 2019

Finding it hard to kickstart that hardcore new exercise regime? Buy some slinky new kit and you’ll be sprinting around the park faster than Mo Farah (possibly).
- Powder Perfect
  
  Budget not stretching to Fendi or Chanel on the slopes this year (or frankly *any* year?). Julien Macdonald's collab with Dare2B to the rescue!
- 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!

Read these! February’s best new books

It was still the dog days of winter last time I checked so there’s only one thing for it – let’s hunker down with a compelling new book. Cue February’s must-read tomes, as chosen by Muddy’s books editor Kerry Potter.
- Win tickets!
  
  Half term sorted! We're giving away 4 tickets to see this all-singing, all-dancing stage show at Trinity Theatre, Tunbridge Wells.
- Your unmissable 2019 culture planner
  
  Want to make the most of 2019? Muddy's culture vulture Kerry Potter has curated the best new TV, music, theatre, film, books and art of the year. Diaries out!
- 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 new John Lewis Xmas Ad
  
  It's here! The John Lewis Christmas ad has launched with the Rocket Man as its secret weapon for 2018 - but has it hit orbit or crash landed? You decide!

Want to intern at Muddy?

Muddy Kent is looking for a brilliant intern and self-confessed culture vulture. Is it you, or someone you know?
Kids
- Feb Half Term Guide
  
  Making half term plans? What you need is the impeccably curated Muddy Half Term guide with the top 16 children’s activities in Kent.
- Gift guide for littlies
  
  Treat the little people! Gorgeous young children's pressies for Christmas, with brands you won't find everywhere else.

Muddy meets Tom Kerridge…

… and talks Pub in the Park (Basement Jaxx, people), his favourite local eateries, and work life balance issues – yup, he has them too!
- Claire’s Chrimbo shape up
  
  TV actress and Sleeping Beauty panto star, Claire Sweeney, tells Muddy how she's going to lose weight by Christmas
- ‘It’s a real action-hero, ‘Marvel’-like play’
  
  Super-stylish rising RSC talent Amber James on Gregory Doran's Mad-Max-style futuristic dystopian vision of Troilus and Cressida.