Campaign magazine , April 1982: ______________________ The 8 Days crash that left more than a gap in the market _________________________________ Dennis Hackett on the latest publication to founder as the recession marches on _________________________________________________ The 20 strong editorial staff of 8 Days, the weekly international news and business magazine, were having a chapel meeting at their Chiswick offices when a lady from Touche Ross , the publishing company's auditors, walked in, informed them that the company had gone into voluntary liquidation, briefly but helpfully explained how receivership worked and left. It wasn't entirely a surprise. The March issue, distribution of which was completed in the UK, but stopped abroad, already carried a letter by editor Tony Hall with the initial letter of each paragraph spelling out "Goodbye". What was a surprise to the staff was to learn that their March salaries would not be paid and that all was at a standsti...