A toaster, a hair-dryer and the trials of World Book Day

March marks the 25th anniversary of World Book Day.

Comment Cassie Martin

For parents there is the nightmare of having to come up with a last-minute costume, amusingly depicted by the BBC comedy Motherland and numerous internet memes. My favourite is the picture that went viral, of two confused-looking children in regular school uniform carrying a toaster and a hairdryer. The caption reads: ‘My children dressed as the Argos catalogue’.