Ellie Harrison

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  • 2023 Media

    The Nationalโ€™s book recommendations

    8 Oct 2023
    Sunday National (p.11)

  • 2023 Media

    Ellie Harrisonโ€™s glorious piece of agit-prop theatre

    30 Jan 2023
    The Herald (p.3)

  • 2023 Media

    Bus Regulation: The Musical at Platform Review

    30 Jan 2023
    The Scotsman (p.33)

  • 2021 Media

    Coal, steam, empire and COP26: Glasgow’s emissions story

    6 Nov 2021
    The Herald

  • 2021 Media

    Ellie Harrison publishes a new edition of The Glasgow Effect for COP26

    6 Nov 2021
    The Herald

  • 2021 Media

    People of Glasgow rise to meet green challenge

    26 Oct 2021
    The Times (p.4-5)

  • 2020 Media

    Artists to present work outdoors and online to mark dates of cancelled Edinburgh Art Festival

    1 Aug 2020
    The Scotsman

  • 2020 Media

    Welcome to the 15-minute city

    19 Jul 2020
    Financial Times

  • 2019 Media

    You can’t take the girl out of Glasgow

    3 Nov 2019
    The Herald (Scottish Life p.6-9)

  • 2019 Media

    Shut M8 to let Glasgow breathe, says artist

    27 Oct 2019
    The Sunday Times (p.5)

  • 2019 Media

    Bus regulation proves just the ticket for a musical in Manchester

    27 Sep 2019
    The Guardian (p.26)

  • 2019 Media

    Glasgow Effect artist Ellie Harrison launches book in response to ‘social media ****storm’

    21 Aug 2019
    The Scotsman

  • 2017 Media

    The timely return of activism

    28 Jan 2017
    The Herald (The Arts p.6)

  • 2016 Media

    Glasgow effect artist releases first work

    26 May 2016
    The Scotsman (p.14)

  • 2016 Media

    ‘Glasgow Effect’ artist Ellie Harrison reveals first work of project

    24 May 2016
    The Herald (p.10)

  • 2016 Media

    Artist whose Glasgow Effect project caused controversy to discuss row in new event

    23 Jan 2016
    The Herald (p.3)

  • 2016 Media

    Glasgow Effect artist may have the last laugh over misplaced internet ‘shaming’

    10 Jan 2016
    Sunday Herald (p.27)

  • 2016 Media

    Poverty safari? Don’t forget the pith helmet

    10 Jan 2016
    The Independent on Sunday (p.40-41)

  • 2016 Media

    The ‘Glasgow Effect’ is not in our control

    9 Jan 2016
    The National (p.14-15)

  • 2016 Media

    Ellie Harrison should wrap up The Glasgow Effect and move on

    9 Jan 2016
    The Herald (The Arts p.27)

  • 2016 Media

    Letโ€™s not give The Glasgow Effect project the Glasgow kiss off

    8 Jan 2016
    The Scotsman (p.24-25)

  • 2016 Media

    I’m a posh punchbag, says artist in Glasgow row

    8 Jan 2016
    The Times (p.17)

  • 2016 Media

    Controversy over grant takes further twist as payment method is ruled out

    7 Jan 2016
    The Herald (p.3)

  • 2016 Media

    City backlash against the artist accused of sneering at Glasgow with image of chips

    6 Jan 2016
    The Times (p.11)

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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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Why are we still waiting for better buses? ๐ŸšŒ Check out this brilliant new animation by Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, University of Dundee graduate Sooz Reilly which we launched this week as part of the Better Buses for Strathclyde campaign. Please take two minutes to ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐— ๐—ฆ๐—ฃ๐˜€ to demand action ๐Ÿ‘‡ @followers
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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‘‡
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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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