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NewsColony You don’t need to win £58 million on the lottery to learn the value of money – try lockdown instead Here’s a sentence I never dreamed I’d write: I couldn’t help feeling a momentary twinge of sympathy for Ryan Hoyle, 38, when I read yesterday that the self-employed joiner had just won £58,366,487 in the EuroMillions draw. Don’t worry. The feeling passed quickly enough and I’m well over it now. But, let’s face it, the gods of fate could hardly have picked a crueller moment in history at which to shower the poor chap with his colossal windfall. In normal times, I bet he’d have been straight on the blower to the smartest restaurant in town to organise a slap-up celebration for his friends and relations. Next, I suspect, he’d have been off to a swanky estate agency to swap his one-bedroom rented flat in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, for something more spacious, with a rolling acre or two. When Mr Hoyle (above) learned of his win on Saturday, he couldn’t even visit his ...