How an unlikely photo kick-started the social web

In 1992, a little-known band of CERN employees called 'Les Horribles Cernettes' were about to mark the World Wide Web's change from a platform just for serious scientists on to the chaotic road that would ultimately lead to the ubiquitous memes and gifs we recognise today.

This is the story of the internet's first social image, first band photo and the first known Photoshopped web image.