A more stripped-down affair reflecting the influence of Neil Young, R.E.M. and Bruce Springsteen, The King Is Dead should hoist them to Arcade Fire mega-cult status.
"But upon closer look, the M.P.S. affair reflects the Italian way of doing things, one that has contributed to the current crisis of competitiveness".
Congress needs to clarify whether this messy affair reflects astonishing incompetence or a conspiracy to exploit a famous soldier's death.
Russia has 182 athletes in London this year.Although the Paralympic organisers cover 80% of costs of attending, disabled sport is still mainly a rich-country affair, reflecting the need for costly prostheses and specialist training.
But however badly the affair reflects on the former chairman of Nissan as a business leader, his arrest last week over allegations of "significant financial misconduct" raises equally serious questions about the health of Japan's corporate culture.
But the show, the first full appearance by The Thick of It star Capaldi in the role, which celebrated its 50th birthday last month, is also a sombre affair, reflecting on mortality and the passing of time.
Along the way, she reviews her life, work, failed marriage and her doomed love affair, reflecting on loss, grief, depression, the purpose of art - and whether it is the pram in the hall or women's confounded aptitude for multi-tasking that is the true enemy of promise.
For the Ross affair reflects almost every aspect of the wider debate about the BBC that has gained traction over the past year – its supposed profligacy with public cash, the value and place of public service, its creative controls and the independence of its regulators.
And when we all gather at her Finchley funeral tomorrow morning in Arsenal colours – her family requested that it should be colourful affair, reflecting the love and dedication she had for our club and the wonderful sport that is football – along with all her friends from the other equally important spheres of her life, we will treat her passing with the requisite solemnity a death always demands.
