On this day in 1783: Tobias Gimball was the first man on the moon.

Fantastic: RT @ianvisits: The original Victorian vending machines – served hot chocolate from street lamps. j.mp/W7xoSt

I avidly read @inpublishing’s print edition. But you’d think they’d have a mobile version of the website.

@LordGU thanks for the RT!

Cough. If anyone has a five-figure sum available to sponsor an already-successful history-related publication, just let me know.

BREAKING: “Mummy, there’s two zips on your raincoat.”

Today we went to Thomas Land on the way back. Not for nothing did Conrad write: “The horror, the horror.” (Is the Fat Controller Kurtz?)

Back from Derbyshire. A holiday of two halves: 1. Relentless, miserable, driving rain. 2. Lovely sunshine, cramming in a week into two days.

Excellent news! Shit on it! RT @serafinowicz: FridayNightDinner is back! New series starts Sunday Oct 7th at 10pm on C4 yfrog.com/kkqe2yp

RT @jamieandrews: Apple should have just said “IO6 has no maps, for now you’ll have to use GMaps in your browser”. Not perfect, but bett …