Pat Kane

Pat Kane (born Patrick Kane 10 March 1964, in Glasgow) is a Scottish musician, and one half of the pop duo, Hue and Cry.

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 (defeating veteran radical MP Tony Benn) 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 winning a Sony Award for his BBC Radio Scotland series, Kane Over America. In 1999, he was one of the founding editors of the Sunday Herald newspaper.

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 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.

Affiliations

• International Futures Forum, corporate funded think tank.