Stroke victim: 'I felt so isolated, I could not read'

7:16pm Tuesday 1st July 2008

Mike Ripley calls it his Harry Potter moment.

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	The name is straight out of a Gothic novel.

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	Sometimes, Jonathan Tippett wonders how we could have got into this mess.
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	So why do so many people want to be UK citizens?
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	Shahnaz Begum loves Italian food - or rather, the English take on cheesecake, ice-cream, pizza and pasta.

	Helping others is the biggest reward of all
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	Arlene Machin isn't surprised that Citizens Advice workers are, arguably, the most highly trained volunteers in the world.

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