A factual* account of the invention of the greeting card Once upon a time when the Earth was young, a band of heroes mighty and brave...

MUMS EATS FREE ON MOTHER’S DAY! FREE BOTTLE OF WINE FOR EVERY MUM! SPEND YOUR MONEY IN OUR RESTAURANT ON THIS ARBITRARY DATE AND WE'LL...

Today marked the first official working day of Lanther Black. The day began at 1pm and ended at 2am the following morning (how bohemian...

Starting a business is, admittedly, very exciting however… I have a few complaints. I shall start with the books. It has become...

When all the research is done and your business plan wouldn’t be completely laughed out of Dragon’s Den and you can’t waste anymore time...

In my early days as a waitress there would always be some sales incentive or other for the front of house staff. And they always seemed...

I feel sick. The people in Sainsbury's know. They can smell my fear. It is 12.22 and I am contemplating the difference between a £5...

Today is the big day. Day one of PG Live, the trade show dedicated to the greetings industry. This will be the premiere of Lanther Black....

Imagine you are a rockstar and you play sell-out gigs all over the world to millions of adoring fans. And then one day you come back and...

Most parents want to give their kids all of the opportunities that they never had. My parent literally gave me ALL of the opportunities...

I hated being eight. To this day, eight holds the record as being the worst age of my life. Things were going swimmingly until one day my...

Twice a year I attempt to start a diary: in January (“New Year New Me” bollocks) and in July (just after my birthday hence another...

If love stories have a tendency to make you throw up on your shoes then look away now. Jack and I met seven years ago when he moved down...

Everybody loves Christmas. Presents under the tree, stockings over the fireplace, turkey in the oven, Home Alone on the television,...

I hate autocorrect... with a passion. Autocorrect has single-handedly ruined entire days of my life. There's no denying that we are...

An esteemed philosopher once wrote, 'Mo money mo problems'. I first came across this pearl of wisdom at the age of 11 and immediately...

People always laugh at me when I tell them I'm scared of cows. "Why on earth would you be scared of a cow?" they ask. The truth is, I'm...

No one likes a know-it-all. When we ran out of dishwasher tablets, Jack claimed that washing up liquid in the machine would do the same...

August 4th 1999. That was the UK launch of 'Handmade Cards by Dominique'. It was the second week of the summer holidays and I had just...

Murphy's Law states that whatever can happen will happen. Here at Lanther Black however, we tend to operate on a more specific subset of...