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Best coastal walks in SuffolkShake up your daily lockdown walk with these coastal strolls that'll help blow away the January blues
Is your sex life suffering in lockdown?Is lockdown 3.0 wrecking your sex life and pushing your relationship to the limits? We hear you. Read on for our expert guide on how to Covid-proof your love life.
Is that who I think it is…?! Our favourite music video cameosIn need of some light-hearted fun? Er, hell yeah! Here, check out Harry Styles and Phoebe Waller-Bridge dancing around in sparkly suits (plus five more brilliant music video cameos).
Get your finances into shape for 2021The beginning of the year is always about renewal, resolutions and healthy regimes. But the fallout from Covid has shown how financial wellbeing is also vital - and too often overlooked. Muddy limbers up for a money MOT.
Ultimate dream properties for 2021We’ve been staring at our walls, like, forever and we’ve completed every last bit of DIY imaginable. So you know what that means? That’s right: time to move. See if any of these incredible properties take your fancy.

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I'm Hollie, editor of Muddy Suffolk & Cambs, here to bring you the quirky, cool and downright unmissable in the area.

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Want to do Veganuary without giving up cheese and chocolate? Here's your loophole: go vegan with your beauty routine instead with these eight kind-to-animals brands.

The UK’s most creative and unique independent shops, makers and producers local to you.

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Little Black Book

Want to support local? Our curated pick of the most creative, unique and brilliant businesses near you.

Millar Made, Cambridgeshire

The Suffolk Hamper Company

Schildren Homewares

Hawksbeck Garden Rooms, Shenfield

Bruce Bramfield Home & Gifts

The University Arms, Cambridge

The Duke's Head Pub, Somerleyton

The Swan Hotel, Southwold

The Swan Lavenham

Angela Reed

The Botanical Alchemist

Two Magpies Bakery, Southwold

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Fast and filling recipes for an easier January

No time/energy to cook (let alone make it healthy)? Don’t worry, we’ve got you. Here are two low-effort, speedy suppers under 500 calories to feel good about.
- Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s winter warmers
  
  Spent all of December scoffing crisps and mince pies? Whip up a veg-packed soup or hot pot from Hugh's new cookbook, 'Eat Better Forever: 7 Ways to Transform Your Diet'
- Comforting classics from The Pie Room
  
  Ooh, is there anything more satisfying than good flaky pastry? These two warming recipes from Calum Franklin's new cookbook The Pie Room are just the ticket.
- Support local! The best farm shops near you
  
  If you’ve vowed never to go back to piling your supermarket trolley sky high and ignoring your local shops, let us help you keep your promise with our pick of the best farm shops in Suffolk & Cambs.
- Tonight’s healthy dinner, sorted!
  
  Indulged over Christmas? Try this cod one-pot from hot healthy eating guru, Dr Rupy Aujla, plus top tips on eating clean in 2021. The doctor will see you now…

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TV Saviours! What to watch this week

Another week, another seven days to roll around the house, eat crisps, pretend to homeschool and daydream about the return of double-figure temperatures. Here’s some fun TV to make it *slightly* more interesting.
- Is that who I think it is…?! Our favourite music video cameos
  
  In need of some light-hearted fun? Er, hell yeah! Here, check out Harry Styles and Phoebe Waller-Bridge dancing around in sparkly suits (plus five more brilliant music video cameos).
- Hello TV! 11 shows you need to watch this week
  
  It’s a new year but nothing much is new. No matter: we know how this lockdown lark goes. Grab a cuppa, a nice cosy blanket, load up on the carbs and settle in for the night.
- The very best of Christmas 2020 TV
  
  Tier 4, Tier schmore. With this much amazing stuff on the tellybox, who needs to go out anyway? Here are 22 brilliant things to watch over the holidays.
- Fire up the remote! This week’s best TV and films
  
  Lord, it’s frosty. Even if we could go out, we wouldn’t want to. So grab your hot water bottle, brew a large cup of tea, wrap yourself in that fleecy throw and settle in for the week

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- The Simple Life: pared-back properties in nature
  
  Looking to get away from it all? Try one of these dreamy pared-back properties for a taste of pastoral living. From projects crying out for TLC to sprawling listed mansions, we’ve got it all.
Wellbeing
- Fast and filling recipes for an easier January
  
  No time/energy to cook (let alone make it healthy)? Don't worry, we've got you. Here are two low-effort, speedy suppers under 500 calories to feel good about.
- Best new fitness tech for 2021
  
  Need something to help those workouts along? Itching for some new tech in the new year? Read on for the Muddy edit of the best flashy fitness buys of 2021.

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16 Muddy approved attractions in Cambs

From the big-beast tourist destinations to our cool insider alternatives, read on for our pick of 16 unmissable attractions in Cambridgeshire.
- 16 Muddy approved attractions in Suffolk
  
  From the big-beast tourist destinations to our cool insider alternatives, read on for our pick of 16 unmissable attractions in Suffolk
- Review: The Swan Hotel Lavenham
  
  Historical splendour meets modern luxury at one of Suffolk's most famous hotels. We hotfooted it to Lavenham to experience The Swan Hotel's medieval magic.

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Get your finances into shape for 2021

The beginning of the year is always about renewal, resolutions and healthy regimes. But the fallout from Covid has shown how financial wellbeing is also vital – and too often overlooked. Muddy limbers up for a money MOT.
Kids
- Stop fussing! And other lockdown lessons
  
  Parenting can be a little fraught when you're essentially under siege in your own house. So we decided to talk to our young people to find out what they think we could be doing better.
- Stowe School’s life-changing Change 100 project is a go
  
  Know a truly talented child who could be a future change maker? The illustrious Stowe School in Bucks is embarking on a hugely ambitious, altruistic project to help fund 100 student places a year for those who desperately need it.

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Best fitness gear for 2021

New year, new fitness routine? We’re with you! Here’s the Muddy edit of stylish sportswear and accessories that’ll have you in tip-top form in no time.
- Sustainable fashion gets sexy
  
  Ethical, eco and everywhere - with the likes of Selfridges now pushing a new sustainable outlook, here's where you can rewear, repair and renew your wardrobe in style.
- Fur baby! Cosy coats for winter
  
  'Tis the season for wrapping up warm and a new fur coat is on our wish list. Here are six cosy options to buy now from the brilliant shops on The Indie Store.

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- How to give yourself a DIY facial at home
  
  With salons closed until December, we're retreating to our own bathrooms for a stress-busting DIY facial treatment. Fluffy white robe and cucumber slices optional.
- The best festive beauty buys
  
  It's Xmas, which means it's time to overhaul your beauty routine with festive shades and a whole load of glitter. Add these new releases to your makeup bag now!

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What’s cooking? Tristan Welch, Parker’s Tavern, Cambridge

Our favourite chefs spill all about their work, lives and top tips. Dishing it this week: Tristan Welch from Parker’s Tavern, Cambridge
- My favourite places: Lucy Edge, founder of YogaClicks
  
  Lucy Edge is an ex ad agency strategist turned yoga writer and entrepreneur. Her memoir Yoga School Dropout recorded her encounters with the Indian gurus of the East before she moved to East Anglia – to a Georgian farmhouse on the border of Norfolk and Suffolk.
- How to run well by a pro marathon runner
  
  Need some work-out motivation? You’re in the right place. Muddy talks to endurance athlete Nick Butter about how to motivate yourself out the door and onto an exercise regime.