The Earthlings Birthday Meal 2012 will be held on Saturday 11th February 2012.

This will be the 14th birthday, the 11th birthday meal.

Once again there's an England Rugby match that day.

Unless anyone has any better suggestions we'll meet at: Pontefract Castle on Wigmore Street (W1U 1QB) from 6pm. Perhaps we could try ringing them to find out if the downstairs area will be open.

Due to the demise of Cafe Uno we went to ASK last year (56/60 Wigmore Street, London W1U). The world didn't end, so ASK presumably works as a plan. There is a potential alternative venue: ASK, 121/125 Park Street, London, W1K 7JA, Tel: 0207 495 7760

Earthlings who will Attend:

1. Stephen White
2. Tom Womack
3. David Sheldon
4. Martin Ling
5. Juliet Kemp (subject to baby not having shown up yet)
6. Amanda Kerr-Munslow
7. Angharad Fenton-May
8. Tristam Fenton-May
9. Caroline Lynagh
10. David Ball
11. Jon Chin (subject to baby not having shown up yet)
12. Tim Bagot
13. Ganesh Sittampalam (subject to getting a babysitter)
14. Tim Ricketts
15. Ian Lynagh
16. Dave Higgins
17. Nick Burch

Earthlings who can't make it:

1. Alex Gough (unless a thesis shows up)

2. Jonathan McDowell (wrong continent)

3. Janet McKnight (past my bedtime, sorry!)

4. Simon Huggins (no baby)

Earthlings who haven't said either way:

1. Stuart Adamson
2. Tim Bond
3. Paul Duff
4. Mike Mason
5. Mike Ricketts
6. Chris Venus
7. David Woolger
8. Arthur Bullard
9. Matthew Byng-Maddick
10. Adrian Chadd
11. Simon Chatterjee
12. Stephen Gower
13. James Green
14. Dominic Hargreaves
15. Niall Harrison
16. Meryki AK Horton
17. Toby Jaffey
18. Roland Kay
19. Rebecca Luckraft
20. Patrick Moore
21. Caroline Pearson
22. Kake Pugh