Pat Kane

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Patrick Mark "Pat" Kane (born 10 March 1964) is a Scottish musician, journalist, political activist and one half of the pop duo Hue and Cry with his younger brother Greg. [1] [2]

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 organisation "Artists for an Independent Scotland". [1] In 1990, he was elected Rector of the University of Glasgow for three years (defeating veteran Labour MP Tony Benn). [1] He graduated from the university in 1985, earning an MA in English. [2]

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. [3]

During the 1990s, he began working as an arts journalist, [1] 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 . [4] He is a regular columnist for the sister paper to the Sunday Herald, The National .

In 2004, Kane published The Play Ethic: A Manifesto for a Different Way of Living. [5] 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 SNP Member of the Scottish Parliament for the South of Scotland region. [6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Larkin, Colin (1997) The Virgin Encyclopedia of Eighties Music, Virgin Books, ISBN   0-7535-0159-7, pp. 236–7
  2. 1 2 "Biography of Pat Kane", University of Glasgow. Retrieved 31 May 2010.
  3. ↑ "Edward Snowden, Winnie Mandela, Ross Kemp: all the greats have been Rector of Glasgow University". News – Telegraph Blogs. Archived from the original on 20 February 2014.
  4. ↑ "Pat Kane", The Guardian . Retrieved 30 May 2010.
  5. ↑ Pat Kane (2004). The Play Ethic: A Manifesto for a Different Way of Living. ISBN   978-0333907368.
  6. ↑ "MSP Joan McAlpine named as 'the other woman' in divorce proceedings for political activist". Daily Record. 9 August 2013. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
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