The format of the Sunday strip varies considerably from week to week, though there are several well-known recurring themes.

This became a well-known theme of Austen criticism in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

In 1979, she had her biggest UK hit, "He Was Beautiful", a song based on the already well-known theme from The Deer Hunter with lyrics by Cleo Laine.

The reality of the New South Africa is decidedly violent, and crime is a well-known theme in post-apartheid Afrikaans protest music.

Some of EC's more well-known themes include:

The suite featured a "crossing" of melodies, in which multiple melodies would be layered on top of one another, resulting in different well-known themes performed simultaneously in harmony.

Oliver Cromwell is sung to the first ("A") section of the Polonaise, including the well-known main theme; it does not use the "B" section.

The CD contained several of his well-known themes, featuring NYPD Blue and also including Law & Order, Silk Stalkings and Renegade.

Inspired by Noh theater and the music of the Japanese composer Toshio Hosokawa, Mr. Veggetti took on the well-known theme of East meets West.

Inevitably, each offering is a variation on a well-known theme, including anchovies, olives, ham, cured tuna, squid, octopus, eggs, shrimp and smoked salmon.