Ellie Harrison

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  • 2017 Media

    The timely return of activism

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

  • 2017 Media

    New money: Do local currencies actually work?

    13 Jan 2017
    The Long & Short

  • 2017 Media

    Artist Ellie Harrison says she has been painted as an โ€œogreโ€

    9 Jan 2017
    The Courier (p.8)

  • 2017 Media

    Glasgow Effect artist ‘used anger’ to fuel work

    6 Jan 2017
    BBC News, Glasgow & West Scotland

  • 2017 Media

    The Glasgow Effect interview

    6 Jan 2017
    Stephen Jardine, BBC Radio Scotland

  • 2017 Media

    Heads Up

    1 Jan 2017
    The Skinny (p.8)

  • 2016 Media

    Glasgow subway anniversary marked with campaign for integrated public transport

    14 Dec 2016
    CommonSpace

  • 2016 Media

    Glasgow group puts money where its mouth is with alternative currency

    8 Dec 2016
    CommonSpace

  • 2016 Media

    Bartering, exchanges and local currencies, communities create their own economies

    27 Nov 2016
    The Sunday Herald (p.3)

  • 2016 Media

    Rail re-nationalisation debate

    21 Nov 2016
    Kaye Adams, BBC Radio Scotland

  • 2016 Media

    The 2016 Hot 100

    3 Nov 2016
    The List (p.31)

  • 2016 Media

    Dundee lecturer Ellie finding Glasgow Effect taking its toll

    15 Oct 2016
    The Courier (p.19)

  • 2016 Media

    Rail re-nationalisation debate

    27 Aug 2016
    Today, BBC Radio 4

  • 2016 Media

    RT News

    16 Aug 2016
    RT UK

  • 2016 Media

    Interview with Ellie Harrison

    16 Aug 2016
    Julia Hartley-Brewer, TalkRADIO

  • 2016 Media

    Exposing UK privatised train operating companies

    10 Aug 2016
    BCfm Radio

  • 2016 Media

    You & Yours

    8 Aug 2016
    BBC Radio 4

  • 2016 Media

    Commuter diaries of a rail nightmare

    23 Jul 2016
    The Guardian (p.14-15)

  • 2016 Media

    How one train company came off the rails

    17 Jul 2016
    The Sunday Telegraph (p.23)

  • 2016 Media

    Rail Chaos Victims’ Rage

    12 Jul 2016
    Daily Mail (p.26-27)

  • 2016 Media

    Loving the Inbox: the Artist as Bureaucrat

    1 Jul 2016
    ArtReview Asia (p.68-71)

  • 2016 Media

    Neu fรผr euch: Eat 22

    1 Jun 2016
    Ambulanz (Germany) (p.28)

  • 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)

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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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Ellie Harrison

Artist, activist & author of 'The Glasgow Effect: A Tale of Class, Capitalism & Carbon Footprint' ๐Ÿ“š

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Don't miss our Better Buses National Hustings tonight! ๐Ÿ‘‡ You can catch me on the livestream at 7pm:
๐Ÿ“บ 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 Manchesterโ€™s new โ€˜Bee Networkโ€™, or the recently released plans for South Yorkshireโ€™s โ€˜Peopleโ€™s Networkโ€™" โ€” Ellie Harrison

I was delighted to contribute to Gerry Hassan's article for Bella Caledonia about ๐˜ˆ ๐˜•๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜Ž๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐Ÿ‘ Read online here ๐Ÿ‘‡
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 '๐—”๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ' which I'm co-hosting this Thursday 2 April, 11am-1pm ๐ŸŒ Find out more ๐Ÿ‘‡ @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 ๐Ÿ‘‡ 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 ๐Ÿ˜Š @followersSave the date! ๐ŸŒž We're delighted to be collaborating with Friends of the Earth Scotland to bring you Turning homes into renewable Power Stations: film screening & Discussion ๐Ÿ‘‡
๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Thurs 12 March 2026, 5:30pm
๐Ÿ“ Reid Building, The Glasgow School of Art
๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ Book free tickets: powerstationGSA.eventbrite.com @followers
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2 months ago
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Itโ€™s this blatant injustice that motivates all my campaigning ๐Ÿ˜ก Why should people in the poorest parts of Glasgow have to pay ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ 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 Glasgowโ€™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 โ€˜When the Chips Hit the Fanโ€™ โ€“ Chapter 5 of my book โ€˜The Glasgow Effect: A Tale of Class, Capitalism & Carbon Footprintโ€™ published by Luath Press ๐Ÿ“š

We have just printed a newly updated version of the Second Edition, so do have a read if youโ€™d like to be transported back to that moment in January 2016... Find out more at: ellieharrison.com/book @followers
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4 months ago
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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 ๐Ÿคฉ Check it out here ๐Ÿ‘‡ @followers ... See MoreSee Less

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๐Ÿšถ๐Ÿšฒ๐Ÿš๐Ÿš‡๐Ÿš‰ 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 ๐˜‰๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜‰๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜—๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜›๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต conference at KVS Brussels ๐Ÿ™Œ @followers ... See MoreSee Less

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