Toby Young Toby Young

It’s World Book Day again. God help us

It’s supposed to promote the joys of reading, but for most families it’s just another piece of homework

issue 03 March 2018

For parents of primary school children, the first Thursday in March has got to be the worst day of the year. Even an attendance Nazi like me, who won’t countenance any excuse for keeping a child home from school, would accept that on this occasion a ‘tummy ache’ is a perfectly legitimate reason.

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