Ellie Harrison

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2022

  • 2022 Media

    Busverkehr in GroรŸbritannien โ€žEin Desasterโ€œ

    22 Dec 2022
    Deutschlandfunk Kultur, Deutschlandradio (Germany)

  • 2022 Media

    Fusing art and activism

    1 Dec 2022
    Culture, Climate & Environmental Responsibility, Julie's Bicycle

  • 2022 Lecture

    The Live Lecture

    21 Nov 2022
    Nottingham Trent University

  • 2022 Lecture

    Transport Justice in Glasgow

    17 Nov 2022
    SPIRU Autumn Pledginar, Glasgow Caledonian University

  • 2022 Performance / Events
    Bus Regulation: The Musical staged at the Bluecoat on 13 November 2022

    Bus Regulation: The Musical (Merseyside)

    The final part of Harrison’s Bus Regulation: The Musical Trilogy – inspired by the 1980s hit musical ‘Starlight Express’ – re-enacts the history of public transport provision in the Merseyside region from the post-war period to the present day… on roller skates!

  • 2022 Lecture

    Fusing Art and Activism

    31 Oct 2022
    Public Sphere, Royal College of Art

  • 2022 Media

    Bus Regulation: The Musical comes to the Bluecoat

    17 Oct 2022
    The Guide Liverpool

  • 2022 Newsletter

    New Merseyside production of Bus Regulation: The Musical!

    17 Oct 2022

  • 2022 Lecture

    In conversation with Sophie Hope

    7 Oct 2022
    Sunlight Doesn't Need a Pipeline, Stanley Picker Gallery (1:11:11-1:48:00)

  • 2022 Lecture

    Campaign Launch

    3 Oct 2022
    Better Buses for Merseyside (0:37:48-0:49:06)

  • 2022 Media

    Get Glasgow Moving protest outside SPT offices in Glasgow

    1 Oct 2022
    The Scotsman

  • 2022 Lecture

    Global Challenges, Local Solutions

    29 Sep 2022
    GCPH Small Grants Programme Showcase Event, University of Glasgow

  • 2022 Lecture

    Whose Railway Is It Anyway?

    7 Sep 2022
    New Internationalist, Mount Florida Books

  • 2022 Media

    Railways: Back on track?

    1 Sep 2022
    New Internationalist (p.21-22)

  • 2022 Lecture

    Bus Regulation: The Musical – Screening & Discussion

    25 Aug 2022
    Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow

  • 2022 Lecture

    Art, activism and the fight for better buses in Manchester, Liverpool and Glasgow

    19 Aug 2022
    AoMO2022, Liverpool

  • 2022 Media

    Celebrating community energy successes

    5 Aug 2022
    Local Energy Scotland

  • 2022 Media

    Mobility: An Interview with Ellie Harrison

    1 Aug 2022
    Sunlight Doesn't Need a Pipeline

  • 2022 Lecture

    Studio Social: An Online Talk with artist Ellie Harrison

    26 Jul 2022
    Pier Projects

  • 2022 Newsletter

    Talks & events online and in-person in Glasgow, Liverpool & London

    25 Jul 2022

  • 2022 Media

    Transport for All: Ellie Harrison on bringing back publicly-owned buses

    6 Jul 2022
    Common Weal Policy Podcast, The Common Weal

  • 2022 Lecture

    Alternatives: mobility industry & public ownership

    28 Jun 2022
    Automotive Industry: Just Transition & the development of alternatives in the international value chains, Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung Brussels (Belgium)

  • 2022 Media

    Publicly-owned buses discussion

    27 Jun 2022
    Drivetime, BBC Radio Scotland

  • 2022 Lecture

    Transport Workshop

    17 Jun 2022
    Cost of Living Summit, Scottish Trades Union Congress

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Ellie Harrison is an artist & activist based in Glasgow (UK). In 2023 she won the Stephen Fry Public Engagement Award for her ‘Bus Regulation: The Musical’ Trilogy in Greater Manchester, Strathclyde & Merseyside (2019 โ€“ 2023).
In 2021 the Second Edition of Harrison’s book The Glasgow Effect: A Tale of Class, Capitalism & Carbon Footprint was launched at the UN Habitat’s Innovate4Cities conference to mark the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, and chosen by the Ecologist for the Resurgence Book Club. Her Early Warning Signs were also exhibited at Glasgow’s Mitchell Library during COP26 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the project.
Harrison’s Vending Machine continues to feature in the ๐Ÿ˜น LMAO exhibition exploring humour in data visualisation at the Open Data Institute in London.

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It was an honour to organise this event for the brilliant Govanhill International Festival ๐Ÿ™Œ @followers

It was an honour to organise this event for the brilliant Govanhill International Festival and Carnival ๐Ÿ™Œ @followers ... See MoreSee Less

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Published today! Check out The Artists Bonds 14th Annual Report, detailing our third best performing year with 3 cash prizes totalling ยฃ125 ๐Ÿฅณ๐Ÿ’ท This means an annual payout of ยฃ0.79 for each or our 159 artist members ๐Ÿ‘ @followers Read more here ๐Ÿ‘‡
artistsbond.co.uk/14artistsbondreport2024.pdf

Published today! Check out The Artists' Bond's 14th Annual Report, detailing our third best performing year with 3 cash prizes totalling ยฃ125 ๐Ÿฅณ๐Ÿ’ท This means an annual payout of ยฃ0.79 for each or our 159 artist members ๐Ÿ‘ @followers Read more here ๐Ÿ‘‡
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This ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐Ÿฒ ๐—”๐˜‚๐—ด๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ, ๐Ÿณ๐—ฝ๐—บ! ๐Ÿ“ฃ Don't miss our FREE Cultivating Community Activism: Learning from Cathy McCormackโ€™s โ€˜The Wee Yellow Butterflyโ€™ event as part of Govanhill International Festival ๐Ÿ™Œ Listen to my interview on Sunny Govan to find out more! @followers tune in from 1:04:09 ๐Ÿ‘‡ ... See MoreSee Less

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I was delighted to be interviewed about the Bring Back British Rail campaign for 14-year-old Riku Fryderyk's brilliant new documentary about rail re-nationalisation ๐Ÿš‰ Well worth a watch! ๐Ÿ™Œ @followers ... See MoreSee Less

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It was such an honour to be part of this wonderful event on Saturday, and to help launch the new freely-available audiobook of The Wee Yellow Butterfly by Cathy McCormack ๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿ“š Find out more at: glasgowenergy.coop/audiobook @followers

It was such an honour to be part of this wonderful event on Saturday, and to help launch the new freely-available audiobook of The Wee Yellow Butterfly by Cathy McCormack ๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿ“š Find out more at: glasgowenergy.coop/audiobook @followers ... See MoreSee Less

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