Robin Hood

British spy in Robin Hood plot to kill Heinrich Himmler

The Telegraph (Free subscription) | yesterday

A British spy plotted to kill Heinrich Himmler with a Robin Hoodstyle bow and arrow according to a new book.

THE RETURN OF ROBIN HOOD………

Ian Bone (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008

Greek ‘robin hoods’ raid stores to fight high prices Greek anarchists stormed a supermarket on Thursday and handed out food for free in the latest of a wave of raids provoked by soaring consumer prices. About 20 unarmed people, mostly wearing black hoods, carried out the midday robbery in the northern city of Thesaaloniki, police said. Local media [...]

• Greek youths rob supermarket, hand out food - The Open Piehole
• 'Robin Hoods' raids take only pasta, milk - News.com.au

Guy Holmes in on Robin Hood stars

The Sun (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008

Guy Holmes in on Robin Hood starsPublished: 05 Sep 2008GUY RITCHIE has raided SIENNA MILLER from RIDLEY SCOTT’s Robin Hood movie Nottingham — to star in his new detective flick Sherlock Holmes. He’s robbing the Rid to give to himself after filming of Nottingham was held up because Scott wanted green leaves on the trees in Sherwood Forest and autumn is coming. The shoot restarts...

New on DVD: 'Robin Hood' on Blu-ray, 'Boomerang!' in return

USA Today (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008

By Mike Clark, USA TODAYThis week's Platinum Picks will take you to Sherwood Forest, a Connecticut town and a sleazy nightspot near the Canadian border: Errol Flynn's Robin Hood, Elia Kazan's Boomerang! and Ida Lupino chanteusing it up in Road House.The Adventures of Robin Hood**** out of four, 1938, Warner, unrated, reviewed on Blu-ray; $29Warner brought this all-timer...

What Robin Hood says about food prices...

IOL (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008

What Robin Hood says about food prices... September 04 2008 at 05:51PM Thessaloniki, Greece - Greek police say a group of about 70 youths protesting high consumer prices seized food and household products from a supermarket before handing them out to people on the street.The youths, wearing hoods and crash helmets, also scattered leaflets outside the supermarket. Police announced...

• Greek youths rob supermarket, hand out food - Boston Globe

Tomorrow I walk across England

nimrods (Free subscription) | yesterday

Or start to, at least. Sue and I are heading off on Wainwright's Coast to Coast walk, from Robin Hood's Bay on the North Sea to St Bee's Head on the Irish. It's 190 miles, but we're taking it at a leisurely pace, over two and a half weeks. That's quite a long time to go without gaming, blogging and BGG! Last time we did a long walk we took a tube of Icehouse pieces with us, but I'm not...

Carol: I can't believe it's over

Daily Star (Free subscription) | yesterday

EMMERDALE bombshell SAMMY WINWARD has revealed Robin Hood star lover JONAS ARMSTRONG dresses up for her at home.

British spy in longbow plot to kill Heinrich Himmler

Times Online (Free subscription) | 09/06/2008

A British spy who was a cross between James Bond and Robin Hood plotted to use a longbow to assassinate one of the most notorious Nazis, according to a new book.

Allen prepares for Long John role

BBC News (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008

Robin Hood actor Keith Allen is to play Long John Silver in a production of Treasure Island, to run over Christmas in London's West End.

September 5

NewMexiKen (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008

Jesse James was born on this date in 1847. If James were alive today, he’d be the kind of guy who’d park a Ryder truck in front of a federal building. He was not the Robin Hood character many learned, but rather a racist, anti-emancipation, anti-union murdering terrorist long after the civil war [...]

Books Read in August, 2008

Semicolon (Free subscription) | 09/01/2008

Scarlett by Stephen Lawhead. I want to write about this sequel to Lawhead’s Hood, which I never got around to reviewing either. Maybe I’ll write about both books soon. Suffice it to say for now that if you’re interested in medieval historical fiction or in the Robin Hood legend, Lawhead’s take on the story is [...]

Windows to the Past: An All Color Walt Disney Show

2719 Hyperion (Free subscription) | 09/01/2008

The Capitol Theater in downtown Salem, Oregon hosts an "All Color Walt Disney Show" during the summer of 1952. It was literally the best of all possible Disney entertainments. The live action feature The Story of Robin Hood , accompanied by the True-Life Adventure Water Birds and the cartoon short The Little House . Posters for The Story of Robin Hood and Water Birds can...