Pat Kane is a Scottish musician, and one half of the pop duo Hue and Cry with his younger brother Greg. Independently of Hue & Cry, lead singer Kane has established a career as a political and cultural commentator. He was an outspoken activist for Scottish self-government in the late 1980s and 1990s. In 1990 he was elected Lord Rector of the University of Glasgow for three years.

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  • Pat Kane is a Scottish musician, and one half of the pop duo Hue and Cry with his younger brother Greg. Independently of Hue & Cry, lead singer Kane has established a career as a political and cultural commentator. He was an outspoken activist for Scottish self-government in the late 1980s and 1990s. In 1990 he was elected Lord Rector of the University of Glasgow for three years. Also during the 1990s he established a reputation as an arts journalist in a range of media - presenting several live discussion shows for Channel 4 and BBC2, and runner up for a Sony Award for his BBC Radio Scotland series, Kane Over America in the year that Allan Little won. In 1999, Kane was one of the founding editors of the Sunday Herald newspaper. He currently writes occasional columns for The Guardian As co-director (with Indra Adnan) of the human potential consultancy New Integrity, Kane is developing a comprehensive "play audit" for organisations, institutions and enterprises, based on his cutting-edge research into the past, present and future of ludic culture. Related to this is his 2004 book The Play Ethic: A Manifesto for a Different Way of Living, published by Macmillan Publishers.
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  • 1990–1993
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  • Pat Kane is a Scottish musician, and one half of the pop duo Hue and Cry with his younger brother Greg. Independently of Hue & Cry, lead singer Kane has established a career as a political and cultural commentator. He was an outspoken activist for Scottish self-government in the late 1980s and 1990s. In 1990 he was elected Lord Rector of the University of Glasgow for three years.
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  • Pat Kane
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