“Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale?”

About Brian Eno

Brian Eno is an English musician, composer, record producer, singer, and visual artist, known as one of the principal innovators of ambient music.

Articles by Brian Eno

This week’s front page editor

Francesc Badia i Dalmases is Editor and Director of democraciaAbierta.

European integration

Six countries. Six different paths to EU integration.

No to TTIP

The secretive EU-US trade deal explained

Restore Julian Assange’s access to visitors and to the outside world

Yanis Varoufakis and Brian Eno 31 March 2018

We call upon all citizens of good conscience to ask the Ecuadorian authorities to restore Assange’s access to the outside world, and demand that the British authorities end his detention.

Brian Eno: “Ideas are out there to be challenged”

Brian Eno 13 February 2017

The media have become the propaganda arm of the wealthy. We need something different.

Recuperemos nuestros medios

Brian Eno, Yanis Varoufakis, Caroline Lucas, Peter Oborne, Paul Mason, Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi, Ellie Mae O'Hagan, Olesya Khromeychuk, and openDemocracy 24 January 2017

Periódicos racistas, noticias falsas - ¿ya has tenido suficiente? openDemocracy se enfrenta a los déspotas del mundo, da voz a los más débiles y promueve un debate sensible e inteligente. Únete a nosotros hoy.

Let's take back our media

Brian Eno, Yanis Varoufakis, Caroline Lucas, Peter Oborne, Paul Mason, Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi, Ellie Mae O'Hagan, Olesya Khromeychuk, and openDemocracy 20 January 2017

Racist newspapers, fake news – had enough? openDemocracy takes on the world’s bullies, gives voice to the powerless and hosts sensitive, intelligent debate. Join us today.

What's happening here, on Earth

Brian Eno 9 November 2016

Along with the danger, this is an opportunity to start thinking.

A painful lesson from Brexit: Why DiEM25 needs a simpler message

Brian Eno and Yanis Varoufakis 4 July 2016

The facts are simple: for the past three decades, 80% of the people are taken to the cleaners 95% of the time by the top 20% of society.

The abuse of emergency legislation: here we go again

Brian Eno 1 August 2014

A video of Brian Eno’s historic warning against emergency legislation that takes away liberty.

An elegant, open letter from Brian Eno

Brian Eno 13 December 2013

With the careful clarity his music is famous for, Brian Eno asks everyone to join in and help us fight for a democracy of freedom not surveillance.

OurBeeb forum session 4: creativity, culture and digital public space

Tony Ageh, Bill Thompson, Brian Eno, and Kamila Shamsie 4 December 2012

The final session of OurBeeb’s day-forum invited Brian Eno, Tony Ageh, Kamila Shamsie and Bill Thompson to outline their perspectives on the current and future position of the BBC in the UK’s artistic ecosystem.