Chris Mugan
Freelance Writer and Editor at Freelance
Arts/music/culture/travel hack/ed/copywriter @theipaper @courieruk @ArtFund Art Quarterly @Phaidon Books Pub/wedding DJ. Long-suffering #oafc fan
Articles
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3 weeks ago |
thecourier.co.uk | Chris Mugan |Rebecca Baird
While Dundee’s threatened Keiller Centre lives on borrowed time, it can now count an outspoken Brighton musician among the ranks of its supporters. The city centre shopping precinct continues to host a variety of pop-up shops and art projects among its remaining outlets, even as developers promote plans to pull down the site to make way for student accommodation.
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4 weeks ago |
thecourier.co.uk | Chris Mugan |Rebecca Baird
It is hard to beat a well-written, brilliantly performed play. Unless, of course, you include a hot meal. Indeed, this concept has already worked for many years at Glasgow’s lunchtime institution A Play, A Pie, A Pint. Now a cherished Fife institution has come up with its own twist for a production about – and set in – a chippy, accompanied by – what else? – a fish supper.
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1 month ago |
thecourier.co.uk | Chris Mugan |Rebecca Baird
Like many actors, Tam Dean Burn is familiar with Dundee Rep’s boards – but he’s got a unique claim to fame round these parts. Nowadays, the Leith-born thespian is known for his scene-stealing TV and film roles, including River City gangster Thomas McCabe, Alastair in Outlander, and a grim-faced clan leader in Robert the Bruce film Outlaw King.
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2 months ago |
thecourier.co.uk | Chris Mugan |Rebecca Baird
Being name-checked by late Dundee bard Michael Marra would be a boon for any songwriter worth their salt. For Americana stalwart Loudon Wainwright III, the shout-out came in Michael’s bittersweet break-up song Beefhearts and Bones, about splitting a record collection: “You think you’re walking out that door with Loudon Wainwright/You’re wrong, baby, you’re wrong”.
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Jan 16, 2025 |
thecourier.co.uk | Chris Mugan |Rebecca Baird
Given the political ructions throughout the world as we enter 2025, titling your debut album As the Chaos Unfolds might appear weirdly prescient. For Montrose-raised Rhona Macfarlane, though, its meaning is more personal. As the singer-songwriter explains, she wrote most of its tracks a couple of years ago, not long after the aspiring musician left college, when she and her friends were facing the challenges of growing up.
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