Add jittery electronic beats, Björk's powerful voice and a string section, and you've just about got a sense of the latest album from Iceland's reigning queen of experimental pop.
Lindo says: "With this year signifying the Queen's entry into the record books as the world's longest reigning monarch, it would be fitting to mark the occasion with the announcement of Britain's first official national bird – especially if it's the swan".
Essendon stunned Hawthorn with a gutsy display of pressure football propelling them to a thrilling two-point win over the reigning premiers at the MCG.
As Brazil's goalkeeper, he was a reigning South American champion, having won the Copa América the previous year, beating Paraguay 7-0 in the final.
Chandler's programme is a reigning RTS award-winner, but such trifles are likely to be far less important than whether candidates get on with Richard Desmond – enthusiasm for his lottery and for antique rock music is advised, as well as using the word "digi" whenever possible, and jokes at the expense of Martin Sorrell and Alan Sugar should go down well.
That's a bold statement, but the bald stats back it up: Alistair, the reigning world champion, has won 12 of the 15 world series races he has entered since 2009, while Jonny, the No2 in the world, has finished in the top three in his last 13 races at elite level – winning six of them.
The reigning German, European and World champions have come to intimidate their domestic rivals to such an extent that some of them have virtually come to wonder why they bother.
It is thought Delph, Villa's reigning player of the year who signed from Leeds United for £8m in 2009, becomes the club's highest earner on £55,000 a week in a deal that takes him to June 2019.
And if the two meet again in the final – most likely England will now have to get past the reigning champions New Zealand in the semis – the match will be one of the must-see events of the week.
Elizabeth will become the longest reigning British monarch on 9 September, passing the record set by her great-great-grandmother, Queen Victoria, who reigned for 63 years, or 23,226 days, 16 hours and 23 minutes, to be precise.
But McDowell, the reigning United States Open champ and one of Woods's more than 721,000 followers, noted on Tuesday that Woods "doesn't put too much out there to follow".
