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July 31, 2009

Quick draw Sun subs nail art-attack headline

By Dominic Ponsford1

No sooner has Press Gazette relaunched its headline of the month competition, than a story breaks which is a headline writer’s dream.

Mugger Lloyd Talbot was jailed after the retired art-teacher he attacked provided police with a portrait of her attacker.

Here’s how the headline writers handled it:

The Daily Star: DREW DUNNIT!

Daily Mirror: IN THE FRAME

Daily Express: Quick on the draw

My favourite?

The Sun with: LONG ARM OF THE DRAW

While the Daily Mail went for the less fun option of: Artists’s sketch nails her mugger.

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