(1) He has long been acknowledged by le Carré as part of the inspiration for his genius spymaster Smiley, whom he describes in 1974's Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy as "small, podgy and at best middle-aged, he was by appearance one of London's meek who do not inherit the earth".
(2) His podgy finger pointed at the forbidding building.
(3) The only known photographs of him dated back years - until one released yesterday showed a bearded, podgy and bespectacled middle-aged man wearing a mottled camouflage uniform and military-style forage cap.
(4) If you’re going to send a bomb into a crowd of civilians, of course you’re going to have a success.” Meanwhile, in Berlin, Hitler was experiencing his own unreality, with his only ally in the world his podgy, insecure personal physician, Dr Morell.
(5) By the weekend, Psy, the podgy antihero behind the Gangnam Style phenomenon , is expected to make history by becoming the first Korean to reach No 1 in the UK charts, having already risen to the top of the iTunes download charts here and in the US.