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Bus Regulation: The Musical (Merseyside)

  • 2023 Media

    The art of bus campaigning

    7 Dec 2023
    Jonathan Bray: News and stories of progressive change

  • 2023 Media

    Bus Regulation: The Musical interview to celebrate announcement on bus regulation

    6 Oct 2023
    Lisa Marrey, BBC Radio Merseyside

  • 2023 Media

    Bus Regulation: The Musical feature

    16 Jul 2023
    Politics North West, BBC One

  • 2023 Exhibition

    Bus Regulation: The Musical (Merseyside)

    15 Jul 2023
    The Black-E, Liverpool

  • 2023 Media

    Bus Regulation: The Musical interview

    12 Jul 2023
    Helen Jones, BBC Radio Merseyside

  • 2023 Newsletter

    Don’t miss these free events in Liverpool & Glasgow this summer

    10 Jul 2023

  • 2023 Media

    Making a song and dance about local buses

    10 Jul 2023
    The Northern Agenda

  • 2023 Media

    Bus Regulation: The Musical coming to a theatre near you

    9 Jul 2023
    Liverpool Echo

  • 2023 Newsletter

    Bus Regulation: The Musical – Don’t miss your last chance to see the show!

    12 Jun 2023

  • 2023 Media

    Regulate! Ellie Harrison interview by Lynsey Hanley

    1 May 2023
    Tribune (Issue 18 p.92-94)

  • 2023 Media

    Artist seizes platform to send clear messages on our buses

    29 Jan 2023
    The National (p.16)

  • 2023 Lecture

    Bus Regulation: The Musical – The Trilogy

    On 13 January 2023, Harrison won the University of Dundee’s ‘Engaged Researcher of the Year’ award at the annual Stephen Fry Public Engagement Awards for her work on the Bus Regulation: The Musical Trilogy in Greater Manchester, Strathclyde & Merseyside from 2019 – 2023.

  • 2022 Media

    Busverkehr in Großbritannien „Ein Desaster“

    22 Dec 2022
    Deutschlandfunk Kultur, Deutschlandradio (Germany)

  • 2022 Media

    Fusing art and activism

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

  • 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 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

    Campaign Launch

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

  • 2022 Media

    Railways: Back on track?

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

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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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It was an honour to organise this event for the brilliant Govanhill International Festival 🙌 @followers

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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 £125 🥳💷 This means an annual payout of £0.79 for each or our 159 artist members 👏 @followers Read more here 👇
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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 £125 🥳💷 This means an annual payout of £0.79 for each or our 159 artist members 👏 @followers Read more here 👇
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This 𝗪𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝟲 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱, 𝟳𝗽𝗺! 📣 Don't miss our FREE Cultivating Community Activism: Learning from Cathy McCormack’s ‘The Wee Yellow Butterfly’ event as part of Govanhill International Festival 🙌 Listen to my interview on Sunny Govan to find out more! @followers tune in from 1:04:09 👇 ... 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 🚉 Well worth a watch! 🙌 @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 🦋📚 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 🦋📚 Find out more at: glasgowenergy.coop/audiobook @followers ... See MoreSee Less

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