We are jointly organising the annual Orthopterists meeting to be held at the Natural History Museum, London on Wednesday, 7th November 2012 from 13:30 to 20:00. Details of the venue at the museum will be sent out with the draft programme in September. The total cost will be £12.00 per person to cover tea and biscuits during the afternoon and a cold buffet with wine in the evening. We are assembling the talks and demonstrations programme now and would welcome contributions. To date, we are expecting talks on Ectobius new to Britain, the mobile phone Orthoptera key, the new Orthoptera atlas, and Leptophyes communication. If you would like to attend, please email one of us and we will send you a registration form.

David Robinson (d.j.robinson@open.ac.uk) and Bjorn Beckmann (bjck@ceh.ac.uk)