Lauren Potts
Lauren Potts is a family historian and journalist
Recent articles by Lauren Potts
The strangest marriage traditions in history
From 'blackening' the bride and groom to pelting with shoes, some of the strangest wedding traditions our ancestors would have known
From the Ancient Greeks to Dick Whittington and the Great Exhibition: the remarkable history of toilets
Discover the remarkable history of an essential daily convenience
Sprinkle urine on the mother and pass the baby through a hoop of cheese: history's strangest childbirth customs
Discover the strange historic customs used in childbirth
Sin-eaters, corpse photography and telling the bees: the historic death traditions that helped us cope with grief
Discover the historic death traditions our ancestors would have known
From the workhouse diet to chewing 100 times: weight loss expert evaluates diet tips from the past
Lauren Potts looks at the weight loss tips our ancestors would have known - and asks whether any of them work
The truth about the Christmas baby boom: what your birth date says about you
Lauren Potts reveals the time of year most babies are born - and what it says about our ancestors