Robin Hood, a merry man who steals from the rich to give to the poor, has a new capable sidekick, Jerry. The evil king deduces, in his own words "brilliantly", that the best way to deal with this ...

The story goes that Robin Hood was a talented outlaw archer who robbed from the rich. As the story was passed down and retold it grew. He gave to the poor, he had a band of merry men, he loved the ...

Image caption, An illustration of Robin Hood and his merry men at work from around 1400. There are records of lawbreakers in the Middle Ages with the same name. Historians delving deeper into the ...