Greetings from Ancient Greece
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...
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Dominique
- Mar 25, 2019
- 3 min
Why we absolutely need Mother’s Day
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...
Dominique
- Oct 5, 2015
- 2 min
Memories of Our First Day
Today marked the first official working day of Lanther Black. The day began at 1pm and ended at 2am the following morning (how bohemian...
Dominique
- Sep 7, 2015
- 3 min
Complaints so far...
Starting a business is, admittedly, very exciting however… I have a few complaints. I shall start with the books. It has become...
Dominique
- Aug 3, 2015
- 2 min
When Shit Got Real
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...
Dominique
- Jul 6, 2015
- 3 min
The Hard Sell
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...
Dominique
- Jun 8, 2015
- 4 min
Our first trade show: Day 1
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...
Dominique
- Jun 7, 2015
- 2 min
Our first trade show: Day 2
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....
Dominique
- May 4, 2015
- 4 min
Per aspera ad astra
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...
Dominique
- Apr 6, 2015
- 5 min
Jack of all trades, Master of Maths
Most parents want to give their kids all of the opportunities that they never had. My parent literally gave me ALL of the opportunities...
Dominique
- Mar 9, 2015
- 7 min
Top Drawer
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...
Dominique
- Feb 9, 2015
- 4 min
Faking It...
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...
Dominique
- Jan 5, 2015
- 2 min
Second date material...
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...
Dominique
- Dec 1, 2014
- 3 min
The Battle of Birmingham
Everybody loves Christmas. Presents under the tree, stockings over the fireplace, turkey in the oven, Home Alone on the television,...
Dominique
- Nov 3, 2014
- 2 min
Not all superheroes wear capes.
I hate autocorrect... with a passion. Autocorrect has single-handedly ruined entire days of my life. There's no denying that we are...
Dominique
- Oct 6, 2014
- 3 min
The problem with problems
An esteemed philosopher once wrote, 'Mo money mo problems'. I first came across this pearl of wisdom at the age of 11 and immediately...
Dominique
- Oct 4, 2014
- 4 min
Killer Ideas
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...
Dominique
- Sep 17, 2014
- 3 min
Humble Pie
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...
Dominique
- Jul 7, 2014
- 7 min
Lanther's Law
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...