Today Weekdays 6-9am and Saturdays 7-9am

BBC News
Today
Listen again
Best of Today
About Today
How to listen to Today
Contact Today
  • News Feeds
Page last updated at 08:46 GMT, Tuesday, 17 March 2009

Was Robin Hood a hero - or gangster?

Advertisement

Robin Hood: hero or vagabond? His reputation is up for grabs. Writer Adam Thorpe, whose novel Hodd is about Robin Hood's band of men, and Dr Julian Luxford, a medievalist who discovered evidence, written by a monk around 1460, that paints a negative picture of the figure called Robin, discuss the mythical figure.

Story Tools

Editor's Choice

Police officer standing outside a derelict building Police direct entry 'will happen'

Stethoscope 'Stiff upper lip' delaying cancer diagnoses

Seamus Heaney Heaney: Poetry was 'entrancing'
Skip to top

PRODUCTS & SERVICES

BBC iD

Sign in

BBC navigation

Copyright © 2019 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read more.

This page is best viewed in an up-to-date web browser with style sheets (CSS) enabled. While you will be able to view the content of this page in your current browser, you will not be able to get the full visual experience. Please consider upgrading your browser software or enabling style sheets (CSS) if you are able to do so.

Americas Africa Europe Middle East South Asia Asia Pacific