In fact, Lig never formally resigned his editorship – he merely left his office late one morning and has never since returned. Though well over a century has now passed, many members of the Guide staff still retain the romantic notion that he has simply popped out for a ham croissant, and will yet return to put in a solid afternoon’s work. Strictly speaking, all editors since Lig Lury Jr have therefore been designated acting editors, and Lig’s desk is still preserved the way he left it, with the addition of a small sign which says ‘Lig Lury Jr, Editor, Missing, presumed fed’.
