Congratulations to Quekett member Jonathan Palmer for winning a silver cup for his slide of pollen at the 2026 National Honey Show.

Congratulations to Quekett member Anne Gleich for an Image of Distinction in the 2026 Nikon Small World Competition for her image “Daphnia sp. (water flea) and Volvox sp. (green algae)”: nikonsmallworld.com/gallerie…

Congratulations to Quekett member Wim van Egmond for an Honorable Mention in the 2026 Nikon Small World in Motion Competition for his video “Fungus (Penicillium venetum) developing bright red guttation droplets”: nikonsmallworld.com/gallerie…

Congratulations to Quekett member Ariel Qassis for an Honorable Mention in the 2026 Nikon Small World in Motion Competition for his video “Various life stages of a fungi (chytrids) infecting a rotifer”: nikonsmallworld.com/gallerie…

Read a report of the excursion to Warnham Local Nature Reserve on the outskirts of Horsham on Saturday 1st August 2026. Quekett members collected specimens from the millpond and examined them and showed them to visitors in the Discovery Hub. quekett.org/about/reports/20…

Read a report of the Workshop on Cladocera, held in the Natural History Museum in London on Saturday 13th June 2026. The Workshop turned into a pond-dipping session in the Nature Discovery Garden, then examining the catch in the Angela Marmont Centre. quekett.org/about/reports/20…

Read a report of Members’ Day of the Amateur Entomologists’ Society, held on Saturday 6th June 2026 in the Natural History Museum in London. Quekett members took their microscopes, slides and specimens as part of the Club’s microscopy outreach programme. quekett.org/about/reports/20…

Saturday 13th June 2026, 2:00 to 5:00 p.m., Workshop on Cladocera (waterfleas), led by Robert Ratford, in the Angela Marmont Centre, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London, SW7 5BD. We hope to collect specimens from the pond in the Museum’s garden.

A report of the “Diseases and afflictions” gossip meeting, held in the Natural History Museum in London on Tuesday 12th May 2026, is now available on the Quekett website. The report includes photos of the participants and their slides and other items. quekett.org/about/reports/20…

Tuesday 12th May, 2:00 to 5:00 p.m., gossip meeting on “Diseases & afflictions” in the Angela Marmont Centre, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London, SW7 5BD. Please bring along slides etcetera to show and discuss. Microscopes will be available.

On Tuesday 12th May 2026, Terry Hope will give his Third Presidential Address in the Neil Chalmers Seminar Room in the Natural History Museum, starting at 5:00 p.m. It will also be broadcast on Zoom. In accordance with tradition, the title will not be announced in advance.

A report of the Quekett Spring Sale, held in Sonning Common Village Hall in Oxfordshire on Saturday 14th March 2026, is now available on the Club’s website. See some of the bargains that you missed. quekett.org/about/reports/20…

A report of the Home Counties Meeting held in Cobham on Saturday 28th February 2026, with videos of the presentations and photos of the exhibits, is now available on the Quekett website: quekett.org/about/reports/20…

Tuesday 3rd March 2026, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Zoom gossip meeting “Foraminifera (forams)” Show us your favourite slides of forams, discuss methods for collecting, preparing and mounting forams, talk about their biology, etcetera. Joining details will be e-mailed to Quekett members.

Saturday 28th February 2026, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Home Counties Meeting (Surrey) Talks in the morning, optional fish and chips lunch, then exhibits and gossip in the afternoon. St Andrew’s Church Hall, Downside Bridge Road, Cobham, Surrey, KT11 3EJ.

Saturday 14th February 2026, 2:00 to 5:30 p.m. Workshop on contrast enhancement led by Chris Thomas, Angela Marmont Centre, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London, SW7 5BD. quekett.org/about/programme-…

Saturday 13th December 2025 - 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Christmas Lecture “A Box of Delights” by Tony Pattinson (inside track on shooting videos of freshwater organisms), and Christmas Quiz (Yuletide conundra, puzzles and riddles from Robert Ratford). ZOOM only.

A report of the National Honey Show, held at Sandown Park Racecourse in Surrey from Thursday 23rd to Saturday 25th October 2025, is now available on the Club’s website. We attended as part of our microscopy outreach programme. quekett.org/about/reports/20…

A report of New Scientist Live, held at ExCeL in London from Saturday 18th to Monday 20th October 2025, is now available on the Quekett website. The Club had a stand as part of our microscopy outreach programme. quekett.org/about/reports/20…

A report of the Annual Exhibition of Microscopy (Quekex) held in Potters Bar on Saturday 11th October 2025 is now available on the Quekett website. The report includes photos and descriptions of exhibits by Quekett members. quekett.org/about/reports/20…