Talks will be given by the following Historical Group members:
- Alan Dronsfield, “Chemistry and the early years of local anaesthesia"
- John Hudson, “Pre-history of infrared spectroscopyâ€
- John Nicholson, "Perkin's other legacy to chemistry: The life and careers of his sonsâ€
- Robert Palgrave, “When is a lattice not a lattice?â€
- Andrea Sella, “History of distillation glasswareâ€
- Robert Slinn, “The discovery of Intalâ€
- Jenny Wilson, “Dame Kathleen Lonsdale FRS (1903-1971) and the Pugwash Conferences"