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

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Muddy 💕 hearts 💕 Harvey Nicks!Harvey Nichols has come up trumps this season. Here's my Top 10 wishlist - all of which is currently a bargainous 15% or 30% off. Come on, let's go shopping!
Your #Joulesautumnwalks photosDid yours make the cut?
23 Christmas MarketsThere's no better way to get in the festive mood than a Christmas Market and here are our top 20 in Norfolk. Get shopping #lovelocal
Christmas rappingWatch out John Lewis! IKEA's and M&S's Christmas adverts are bonkers and brilliant! Watch, laugh and tell us your favourite.

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The latest handpicked businesses we think you’ll love

Norfolk Restaurant Week

Whilst I haven’t personally eaten at all 80 restaurants taking part this year (give me time) I have sampled a few and here are some of my favourites!
- The White Horse, Blakeney
  
  A charming coastal pub with a modern and tasteful uplift. The menu will appeal to all ages - making it perfect for mid walk nibbles, a traditional family Sunday lunch or a cosy evening meal with friends.
- 18 Best Afternoon Teas
  
  From the traditional to the quirky, check out our guide to the best tea and cake in Norfolk.
- The Grove Hotel, Cromer
  
  With its emphasis on fresh local food, the relaxed fine dining experience and its beautiful location and gardens, The Grove Hotel in Cromer has cemented its place in our list of top foodie haunts in Norfolk.
- 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.

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.

The 37 coolest party palaces

Got a big birthday celebration looming? Or fancy a weekend away with your squad? We’ve sniffed out the 37 dreamiest party palaces across the land, available for exclusive hire. Grab your gang and let’s go!
- No. Twenty 9
  
  Drink, eat and sleep in the company of Hollywood royalty - this places oozes so much vintage style and glamour you'll feel like a movie star yourself!
- The Norfolk Mead Hotel
  
  With its own spa, eight acres of gorgeous grassy meadows and a frontage onto the River Bure, this Muddy Award winning Boutique Stay is the perfect place to get away from it all.

Muddy 💕 hearts 💕 Harvey Nicks!

Harvey Nichols has certainly come up trumps this season. Here’s my wishlist – all of which is currently a bargainous 15 or 30 percent off. Come on, let’s go shopping!
- Pyjama time!
  
  It's suddenly dark, cold and wet outside - let's hunker down and cheer ourselves up with some chic new pyjamas.
- Twinsies with your pooch
  
  You'd be barking mad to miss H&M's new knitwear line allowing you to outfit twin with your doggy. Woof!

A Taste of Honey

Blimey this gritty snapshot into the working class lives of a mother and daughter in the 1950’s is both chaotically bleak but tragically captivating.
- The 10 dreamiest coffee table books of the year
  
  Clear space on your coffee table! Muddy's books editor Kerry Potter has 10 sexy, shiny visual feasts for your delectation.
- A Woman of No Importance
  
  Political satire, period costumes and a good old fashioned sing song - what's not to love?
- Are you watching the best show on TV?
  
  Because no one else in the Muddy office is, except for Kerry Potter. Ready to become totally obsessed?
- Macbeth – Muddy Reviews
  
  A Shakespeare double bill at Norwich's Theatre Royal - Midsummer Night's Dream & Macbeth. But what did we think?

Guide to Christmas Wreath Workshops

Deck your door with boughs of holly – be quick to book, here’s our guide to the best Christmas wreath making workshops!
- Hoot Spook Cocktail
  
  Because grown ups need treats too - whooaaahhhh Happy Halloween!
- 3 party cocktails – ready, steady, shake!
  
  Step away from the Chablis and try something different! We've got 5 copies of a cool new cocktail book to give away - and here are three autumn liveners from it to whet your whistle.
Wellbeing
- The Miracle Maca Smoothie
  
  This delicious chocolate smoothie from The Mindful Cook is a menopause miracle!
- No More Swipes!
  
  Phones down - two ladies are on a mission to bring the human element back into the world of dating.

Making work work for you

Back at your desk after summer fun and not really feeling it? We hear you. Here’s some food for thought from the autumn’s hottest self-help book by ex Elle journalist turned author Lotte Jeffs.
- Freelance mum?
  
  Muddy spent the evening with author of The Freelance Mum and chatted to five local business women to get all the inside tips on going self employed.
- Flexible working
  
  Full-time working mum and Muddy founder Hero Brown on flexible working.
Kids
- Hanging at Holkham
  
  The new ropes course at Holkham Estate was a rip roaring success with the Muddy household and a big high five for creating something that keeps all ages amused!
- Your ultimate Autumn Walks guide
  
  Grab your kids, your besties, your dog and anyone else who is free to join you on our first Autumn Walks initiative with Joules - and win coats and wellies for the whole family!

Meet the woman who’s declared war on plastic

We met Beth Noy, the founder of Plastic Freedom, an online shop collating the best plastic-free brands around. She’s got some brilliant advice for us all.
- Muddy meets Lisa Angel
  
  Lisa Angel is the queen of personalisation and we got the lowdown on her favourite Norfolk places and tips on how to be a succesful mumtrepreneur!
- 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.
- When Muddy met Shappi
  
  Comedian Shappi Khorsandi discusses new tour, her tips on how NOT to be funny and why you should do things that scare you (hell yeah!)
- The Guilty Feminist
  
  Love the podcast? Good news - its creator is coming to a theatre near you this spring. We grabbed super-talented comedian Deborah Francis-White for a chinwag.