ROYAL AND POLITICAL HISTORY
Professor Henry Ashford
Henry guides viewers through monarchy, political power, succession, constitutional conflict, courts, parliaments, rulers, and statesmen.
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Digging Deep Histories is a YouTube first educational history publication exploring the people, events, and forces that shaped Britain and the wider world. This page is the best place to begin.
What is Digging Deep Histories?
Digging Deep Histories makes British and world history clearer through structured storytelling, AI professor presenters, documentary style historical visuals, and long form written articles.
Each topic is designed to help visitors understand more than the basic facts. DDH looks at the people involved, the decisions they made, the pressures around them, and the consequences that followed.
The result is history that is accessible without being shallow, and serious without being dry.
HOW DDH WORKS
How DDH works
Every DDH topic connects video, article, professor, and history pathway so visitors can explore the story at the level that suits them.
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Choose a topic
Start with an area of history that interests you, from royal power to everyday life, global change, or military conflict.
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Watch the episode
Follow the story through clear professor led narration on YouTube.
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Read the deeper article
Use the website to explore context, consequences, and related ideas in more detail.
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Keep exploring
Move into related episodes, articles, professors, and pathways.
THE PROFESSOR GUIDES
Choose your guide
Each professor leads a different field of history, helping visitors follow complex stories through a clear and consistent lens.
Choose your area of history
DDH is organised around four history pathways so visitors can choose the subject that interests them most and then follow related episodes, articles, and professor guides.
Start with a recommended episode
Explore EpisodesRead deeper historical context
Every DDH article is designed to support the video and expand the story. The blog gives visitors more context, clearer explanation, and links to related people, places, events, and themes.
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The Timeline of British History
Sixteen turning points from 1066 to 1783, each mapped to the episode, article and professor that explain it. Free when you join the DDH list.
4 parts
4 professors
16 turning points
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Continue your journey through DDH
Visitors can explore by professor, by history pathway, by latest episode, or through the long form articles that support each video.
Begin with one story
Choose a professor, watch a recommended episode, or explore a history pathway that interests you. Digging Deep Histories is built to help visitors follow the past with clarity, depth, and meaning.