Jonathan speaking to students at his old school (King Edward VI Grammar School, Chelmsford) – in the very lab where he studied A level chemistry! [December 2025]



Jonathan signing the 365-year old Fellows’ Book at the Royal Society, July 2025






Celebrating 30 years of the Clayden Group – June 2025
Dek and Jonathan – FRS x 2! (21 May 2025)


JPC FRS Celebration lunch – May 2025

Group Christmas meal 2024

Olivia Watts – representing (semi-finalists!) Bristol in University Challenge 2024-25
Summer Boat Trip, Kennet and Avon Canal, June 2023




The Clayden Group winners of Chemistry Fusion University Challenge 2023!

Group Christmas lunch, December 2022


Steve’s goodbye lunch @ The Coconut Tree, October 2022.

Clevedon Pier, August 2022



An afternoon of croquet, August 2022








Group night out, April 2022

Christmas lunch, December 2021

Celebrating 300 papers – Jonathan’s garden, August 2021

Group Boat Trip and Barbecue, Bradford on Avon to the Dundas Aqueduct, September 2019


Celebrating Mostafa and Dan’s latest paper with falafel and champagne, June 2019.

The “Tryptophantastic Four” (Roman, Dabs and Hossay) presenting their synthesis of Acornicarmisulfonine A at the finals of the 6th National Retrosynthesis Competition, March 2019.

Celebrating Sam’s successful PhD viva.
Congratulations to Mostafa (and Dan) on the publication of their paper describing the cyclocarbonylation of amino acids.
Saying (temporary!) goodbye to Rakesh (Dec 2018)
Clayden Group Christmas Lunch 2018
Congratulations to Jess on her successful PhD viva!
Congratulations to Romain on his successful PhD viva!
Celebrating Dan and John’s Nature paper (Oct 2018)

Celebrating Mary’s ChemComm, Roman and Quentin’s Angewandte, Jess and Quentin’s Org Lett, and Dabs’ Eros article. (Sept 2018)
Group boat trip 2018 (Kennett and Avon Canal, Bradford-on-Avon)
Celebrating Jess and Quentin’s Angewandte and Romain’s OBC (March 2018)
Celebrating John, Romy and Matej’s latest JACS paper (March 2018)
Roman as Captain Hook (Pantomime season 2017)
Clayden Group Christmas Lunch 2017
The Group Boat Trip 2017 (Dundas Aqueduct, Bath)
Clayden Group Christmas Dinner (Bristol, the Floating Harbour, Dec 2016)
Celebrations for Francis and Bryden’s Nature Chemistry paper + for Dan’s viva (Dec 2016)
Michael Tomsett representing Bristol in University Challenge (July 2016)
The Group Boat Trip 2016 (Dundas Aqueduct, Bath)
Celebrating our 250th publication (March 2016)

Bryden’s Leaving (Feb 2016)
The Move to Bristol (Sept 2015)



