The 50th anniversary volume of the Journal of Linguistics has been our final volume as editors. We thank the Linguistics Association of Great Britain and our publishers Cambridge University Press, the authors we have been privileged to work with, and the many colleagues who over the years have put so much time, expertise and effort into their excellent and helpful reviews of submitted articles. Most of all, we thank Dr Ewa Jaworska for her tireless and thorough work on behalf of the Journal and in support of the editors. We wish the new editorial team all the best.