Now, with her character on solid ground after romantic turbulence and a life-threatening traumatic brain injury, O'Toole is still impressed at the show's devoted fandom.

That might be difficult given the turbulence across the Middle East and propensity of Syria's neighbours and other big powers to interfere.

Its commissioner Greg Norman has confirmed he is leaving his post in the near future, which is a rare certainty in a period of continuing turbulence.

Videos of turbulence from inside plane cabins have gone viral over the last year.

Normally when a democratic country passes through turbulence, there is some prospect of the turbulence coming to an end.