Paper Monitor
A service highlighting the riches of the daily press.
When you only have one paragraph to tell a story on the front page of a newspaper, it can test the skills of even the deftest sub-editor.
But today the Sun rises to the occasion:
CHANCELLOR George Osborne was booed when he switched on the Christmas lights in his constituency because fans of boy-band One Direction were expecting Harry Styles.
You don't need any more information, do you? Unless you were unaware that Mr Styles was a member of said boy-band.
But then even the most casual Sun reader will be fully appraised of Mr Styles thanks to the paper's extensive coverage of his romantic life.
Inside, the is an entertaining read. It contains the line (in italics), "Many instantly headed in one direction - home." But, for Paper Monitor, nothing could match that single paragraph on the front page.
More unlikely encounters are to be found in the Daily Mirror, which gives extensive coverage to a royal reception for British adventurers.
Explorer Bear Grylls is as he shakes hands with the monarch. "If you can't wear Union Jack shoes in Buckingham Palace, where can you wear them?" says Mr Grylls, reminding Paper Monitor of a small boy insisting he should be allowed to wear his Spider-Man costume to school.