Ellie Harrison

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  • 2014 Media

    Save our Shops – Say No campaign heads to Parliament

    25 Jan 2014
    West End Report

  • 2014 Media

    Eat 22: Object of the Month (interview with Ellie Harrison)

    17 Jan 2014
    Wellcome Collection

  • 2014 Media

    Time & Motion: come ridefinire oggi la nostra vita lavorativa

    8 Jan 2014
    UnDo.net (Italy)

  • 2014 Media

    Going Underground

    6 Jan 2014
    RT UK

  • 2013 Media

    Climate Change: “Artists can energise people to act”

    24 Oct 2013
    a-n website

  • 2013 Media

    Swaying Railway

    17 Sep 2013
    KBS News (South Korea)

  • 2013 Media

    Petition launched for ‘Say No’ supermarket campaign

    29 Aug 2013
    West End Report

  • 2013 Media

    The Hunger Artists

    1 Aug 2013
    The Magazine (Issue 22 p.38-46)

  • 2013 Media

    Campaigners hit out a plan for Tesco store in West End

    10 Jun 2013
    Evening Times (p.19)

  • 2013 Media

    Копья против ножниц: искусство в плену бюджетных сокращений

    20 May 2013
    Colta.ru (Russia)

  • 2013 Media

    The History of Financial Crises

    17 May 2013
    Money after Money (Japan)

  • 2013 Media

    Artists speak about ‘value’ at For the love of it

    16 May 2013
    a-n website

  • 2013 Media

    ‘Open Data’ Brings Potential and Perils for Government

    9 May 2013
    Wall Street Journal TV

  • 2013 Media

    Téma: Eat 22

    1 Apr 2013
    Čilichili (Czech Republic) (p.20)

  • 2013 Media

    Thrift Radiates Happiness

    26 Mar 2013
    This is Tomorrow

  • 2013 Media

    Artists’ Bond: “The aim is to forge a new sense of camaraderie”

    18 Mar 2013
    a-n website

  • 2013 Media

    National Museum of Roller Derby

    1 Jan 2013
    Broadsheet (Issue 22 p.5)

  • 2012 Media

    Notes towards Becoming a Good Citizen

    16 Dec 2012
    New Escapologist (Issue 8 p.17-21)

  • 2012 Media

    The Hour of Power

    9 Dec 2012
    Resonance FM

  • 2012 Media

    Acts of Legacy

    4 Oct 2012
    a-n website

  • 2012 Media

    She Shelves Sanctuary

    9 Sep 2012
    Scotland on Sunday (The Week p.8-9)

  • 2012 Media

    National Museum of Roller Derby

    1 Sep 2012
    Lead Jammer (Issue 3 p.14)

  • 2012 Media

    The Revolution on Roller Skates

    1 Sep 2012
    Inside Line (Issue 5 p.34)

  • 2012 Media

    Creating a cultural legacy: the National Museum of Roller Derby

    24 Aug 2012
    London Rockin' Rollers

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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 – 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 😹 LMAO exhibition exploring humour in data visualisation at the Open Data Institute in London.

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Ellie Harrison

Artist, activist & author of 'The Glasgow Effect: A Tale of Class, Capitalism & Carbon Footprint' 📚

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Don't miss our Better Buses National Hustings tonight! 👇 You can catch me on the livestream at 7pm:
📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rFh2CjP_Xs @followers
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"We need The Scottish Government to support our transport authority, SPT, to bring the bus network back into public control, so they can deliver a fully-integrated, accessible and affordable public transport network across the region like Greater Manchester’s new ‘Bee Network’, or the recently released plans for South Yorkshire’s ‘People’s Network’" — Ellie Harrison

I was delighted to contribute to Gerry Hassan's article for Bella Caledonia about 𝘈 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘝𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘎𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘨𝘰𝘸 👏 Read online here 👇
bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/03/31/time-for-a-new-deal-and-vision-for-glasgow @followers
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Calling all A-N members! Don't miss this online artist's talk and workshop on '𝗔𝗿𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲' which I'm co-hosting this Thursday 2 April, 11am-1pm 🌍 Find out more 👇 @followers ... See MoreSee Less

4 weeks ago
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Are you in Glasgow this evening? Come along to this free screening of the brilliant POWER Film at The Glasgow School of Art 👇 I'll be introducing the event, talking about my work with Glasgow Community Energy and chairing a Q&A with artist and filmmaker Hilary Powell 😊 @followersSave the date! 🌞 We're delighted to be collaborating with Friends of the Earth Scotland to bring you Turning homes into renewable Power Stations: film screening & Discussion 👇
🗓️ Thurs 12 March 2026, 5:30pm
📍 Reid Building, The Glasgow School of Art
🎟️ Book free tickets: powerstationGSA.eventbrite.com @followers
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2 months ago
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It’s this blatant injustice that motivates all my campaigning 😡 Why should people in the poorest parts of Glasgow have to pay 𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘸𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 for an essential public service as bankers in the City of London? Shame on The Scottish Government for presiding over this system for more than 25 years! @followers ... See MoreSee Less

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Ten years ago today, I was just beginning my year-long durational performance #TheGlasgowEffect which was to become one of the most controversial publicly-funded artworks that Scotland had ever seen.

Part psychological experiment, part protest, part strike, for the whole of 2016, I vowed not to travel beyond Glasgow’s city limits, or use any vehicles except my bike.

I described my experience of starting #TheGlasgowEffect, including being at the centre of the social media stooshie it provoked, in ‘When the Chips Hit the Fan’ – Chapter 5 of my book ‘The Glasgow Effect: A Tale of Class, Capitalism & Carbon Footprint’ published by Luath Press 📚

We have just printed a newly updated version of the Second Edition, so do have a read if you’d like to be transported back to that moment in January 2016... Find out more at: ellieharrison.com/book @followers
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It's been brilliant working with Metro Map Design to produce Get Glasgow Moving's new film setting out our vision for the new #ClydeMetro integrated public transport system 🤩 Check it out here 👇 @followers ... See MoreSee Less

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🚶🚲🚍🚇🚉 I was honoured to be invited to discuss my activism with Bring Back British Rail, Get Glasgow Moving & Better Buses for Strathclyde at ETF's 𝘉𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘉𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘗𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 conference at KVS Brussels 🙌 @followers ... See MoreSee Less

5 months ago
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  • Day-to-Day Data Book Day-to-Day Data Book £20.00
  • Radical Renewable Art + Activism Fund Sticker Radical Renewable Art + Activism Fund Sticker £3.00
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  • The Glasgow Effect (First Edition) The Glasgow Effect: A Tale of Class, Capitalism & Carbon Footprint £10.00 – £12.00Price range: £10.00 through £12.00
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  • Bus Regulation: The Musical T-Shirt Bus Regulation: The Musical T-Shirt £15.00

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