Unlike many Buddhists, he eats meat, because, he says, his health suffered during a spell as a vegetarian.
As Culture Secretary he was in charge of broadcasting during a spell marred by scandals over rigged phone-in competitions.
It's an unusual and interesting perspective, inspired by Brophy's encounters with disillusioned ordinary people during a spell in East Germany.
It was during a spell of 10 minutes when the Jules Rimet trophy was really won and lost.
Standout episode: They're all pretty eye-popping but episode two, in which Paul acts himself inside out during a spell in solitary confinement, is quite spectacular.
The previous year he had ceased to be chief executive after blunders had left angry passengers stranded during a spell of bad weather.
She gets a protection order after he punches her in the face, but accepts him back into her bed during a spell of loneliness.
It all started during a spell in India on a Fulbright scholarship, when Echelman was inspired by fishing nets on the beach.
In 1993 the sociologist and caver Maurizio Montalbini broke the record for the longest time spent underground, during a spell in a cavern near Pesaro, Italy.
Her mother, Bebe, an impoverished Chinese immigrant left May Ling on the steps of a fire station during a spell of postpartum depression.
Then John Grant, who broke his leg during a spell at Hereford, appeared to have spoiled Turner's summer, when the 66th-minute substitute expertly turned Killeen's ball home.
