Philip McGowan

@pipmcgowan

President ; Director of Internationalisation (School of Arts, English & Languages) ; lead; all things American; for life

Belfast
Joined October 2010
Born 22 December

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  1. Retweeted
    9 Dec 2017

    After the leaves have fallen, we return To a plain sense of things.

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    We love welcoming the world to Queen's! Join us this summer for a unique cultural and learning experience in Belfast. Find out more about our International Summer Schools: 🌎

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    Jan 4

    “Successful places depend on strong foundations, and Tribeca Belfast has none.” Statement from Belfast Buildings Trust on Tribeca Belfast and Cathedral Quarter regeneration.

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  4. 6 hours ago

    it's Saturday morning, so I must be

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    Long read: On the 20th anniversary of his death, an unpublished interview paints a revealing portrait of Brian Moore, one of Ireland’s finest and most successful writers

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    Jan 4

    Following a long-running industrial dispute over changes to the giant scheme, the trustees find the scheme is in much better shape than a year ago. Funding hole in 2017 = £7.5bn Funding hole 2018 - £3.6bn

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    22 hours ago

    “The English department is one of the intellectual fulcrums of the university.” TAKE NOTE

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    21 hours ago

    Take a look for yourself...a child as the most powerful man in the world

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  9. 21 hours ago

    Hi, I’m a passenger on a US train. But then I’m not: I’m , but he’s being me in an almost Sliding Doors prequel very few people would ever pay to watch. Then the train arrives at its destination but no one’s on it. Patrick Duffy steps out from a platform cubicle ...

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  10. Jan 4

    When the decorations start dropping off the of their own accord, it’s time to take it down I think

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    Recent quote from : “Brexit is a perfect ‘Hancock’s Half Hour’, fuelled by delusions of grandeur. Tedious ordinariness of being a successful member of the most successful single market in history is not enough. Some other destiny must await, as in days of empire, global”

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  12. Jan 4
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    “The mentality that as leaders we can ‘hide our warts’ is past”

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  14. Jan 4

    And this is what passes for politics in Westminster in 2019...

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    Jan 4

    With the world advancing rapidly around us, Brexit could wreck our universities' research capabilities. This is academic, cultural and scientific vandalism, from which we may never recover.

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    Jan 3

    Police reinforcements for Northern Ireland in case of no-deal Brexit Boris Johnson has likened the challenge of avoiding a hard border in Northern Ireland to the boundaries between different boroughs of London. Wonder if he remembers saying that?

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    Jan 3

    Update on who is to blame for not going well. The Irish Phantoms The EU Elites Judges Academics MPs Experts Traitors Remoaners Businesses Luddites CBI IOD FSB Farmers Obviously NOT to blame Fairy-worshiping cultists who promised an impossible, delusional fantasy.

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  19. Jan 3

    TFW you realise a bottle of wine (somehow) was opened last night and you can’t let it go to waste really can you 🤷🏻‍♂️

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    Jan 3
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    Jan 3
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