I think the crime here is that this tortured sentence isn't even the headline but the byline, and The Grauniad seems to permit up to three lines of text, e.g.

I think the crime here is that this tortured sentence isn't even the headline but the byline, and The Grauniad seems to permit up to three lines of text, e.g. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/mar/23/thomas-bernhard-was-a-demon-half-brother-reveals-in-bestseller https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/mar/23/thomas-bernhar... https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/mar/22/kate-briggs-renee-gladman-windham-campbell-prizes https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/mar/22/kate-briggs-re...