Anthony Forwood played the part of Will Scarlet in Disney’s Story of Robin Hood and his Merrie Men . ‘Tony’ was born in the seaside town o...

Regular readers of this blog, will have come across the mention of the poem ‘A Gest of Robyn Hode.’ This is probably the most important of ...

As the leather bound story book opens, at the start of Walt Disney’s ‘Story of Robin Hood’, we see a sketch of Huntingdon Manor. The home of...

‘Robyn stode in Bernesdale And lenyed hym to a tre, And bi hym stode Litell Johnn, A gode yeman was he.’ This is from the opening stanza of ...

With his booming laugh, full blonde beard, giant carcass and cavernous chest, James Robertson Justice was a perfect Little John . He was a n...

John Little stuck out his huge hand. “I am your man,” he said. “What say you lads,” winked Will Scarlet, “shall we christen our infant?” Aft...

In the Disney live-action film and many other versions of the legend, Robin Hood engages with Little John in a quarter-staff fight on a nar...

The fight was fast and furious, they struck and parried, then Robin got the first scoring blow catching the stranger in the ribs. “Well done...

Robin went bounding off down the other side of the bamk and vanished through the trees. At the foot of the hill there ran a broad stream and...