O.K. Time for a bit of self indulgence! My Favourite Robin Hood painting by Edmund George Warren in 1858, with my favourite Robin Hood poe...

The recent article was a review in the New York Times of the movie in 1952. What I would like is a review of this Blog. Up until today there...

New York Times , June 27, 1952 "In presenting his latest picture package at the Criterion—a trio including the feature, The Story of ...

Ex-Royal Marine Physical Training Instructor, Rupert Evans puts Peter Finch, as the Sheriff of Nottingham, through his paces. Evans was a me...

The Sheriff of Nottingham was played by Peter Finch, in one of his first major film roles. ‘Finchie’ was a protégé of Laurence Olivier and...

Every day for the following weeks and months, the Sheriff’s men were kept busy collecting the new crippling taxes. These were dreadful times...

In Disney’s ‘Story of Robin Hood’ , Robin’s father is shot in the back by Red Gill, one of the Sheriff’s foresters, who had been hiding up i...

Alan A Dale wandered towards a group of townspeople in Nottingham Square and began singing: “Now Robin, who was called Fitzooth, Is dwelling...

In nearly every Robin Hood movie, the story is set during the reign of Richard I (1189-1199). Walt Disney’s ‘Story of Robin Hood’ is no diff...