Patrick Mark "Pat" Kane (born 10 March 1964) is a Scottish people, Scottish musician, journalist, political activist and one half of the pop duet (music), duo Hue and Cry (band), Hue and Cry with his younger brother Greg Kane (musician), Greg.
[Larkin, Colin (1997) ''The Virgin Encyclopedia of Eighties Music'', Virgin Books, , p. 236-7][Biography of Pat Kane]
, University of Glasgow. Retrieved 31 May 2010.
Kane is a writer on political and cultural topics, and was an activist for Scottish self-government in the 1980s and 1990s. He helped found the organization Artists for an Independent Scotland.
In 1990, he was elected Rector of the University of Glasgow for three years (defeating veteran Labour Party (UK), Labour Member of Parliament, MP Tony Benn).
He graduated from the university in 1985, earning an Master of Arts, MA in English.
Whilst Rector at Glasgow, Kane had a column at the Glasgow University Guardian which was then edited by Iain Martin. Kane's copy was the subject of two notorious edits – a reference to the scholar Raymond Williams was altered to Kenneth Williams, and the sociologist Alvin Toffler to Alvin Stardust.
During the 1990s, he began working as an arts journalist,
presenting several live discussion shows for Channel 4 and BBC2, and came third with BBC Radio Scotland series, ''Kane Over America'' for a Sony Award, in a category won by Allan Little. In 1999, Kane was one of the founding editors of the ''Sunday Herald'' newspaper. He occasionally writes for ''The Guardian''.
[Pat Kane]
, ''The Guardian''. Retrieved 30 May 2010. He is a regular columnist for the sister paper to the ''Sunday Herald'', ''The National (Scotland), The National''.
In 2004, Kane published ''The Play Ethic: A Manifesto for a Different Way of Living''. The author description says he "runs seminars, talks and runs a website reaching out to people living the Play Ethic".
Kane was formerly married to Joan McAlpine, an Scottish National Party, SNP Member of the Scottish Parliament for the South of Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region), South of Scotland region. They have two daughters, Grace and Eleanor, who were educated at a private school.
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The Play Ethic
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1964 births
Living people
Rectors of the University of Glasgow
Scottish activists
Scottish journalists
Scottish nationalists
20th-century Scottish male singers
Scottish pop singers