JANUSZ Kaluski offers a shining example of how foreigners can become assimilated into the British way of life.

The D-Day veteran from York has donated his valuable collection of stamps from his native Poland to the British Library. He has done this, he says, as a way of thanking the British public for welcoming him.

In these days when we so often hear negative words about immigration and asylum seekers, it is encouraging to be able to report such a positive and happy story.

As for Janusz, he in turn should receive the stamp of approval from the British people for his act of generosity.

Updated: 12:11 Friday, September 05, 2003