Debunking Robin Hood with Prof Ronald Hutton

When:
April 8, 2015 @ 7:00 pm – 9:15 pm
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Where:
Swedenborg House
21 Bloomsbury Way
London WC1A 2TH
UK
Cost:
£8.85
Contact:
Crick Crack Club Talks

Robin Hood is the most celebrated outlaw hero in world tradition, a pretty impressive achievement, seeing as heroic outlaws are found all over the planet.

Our favourite history teacher, Prof Ronald Hutton, returns to the Crick Crack Club to debunk Robin Hood; give Maid Marian the once over, and scrutinise Friar Tuck’s waistline. He’ll muse over which roads are best for a good highway mugging and ask: Why is Robin so famous? How long has his legend been in existence? What has been added to it and when? And finally – the awkward matter of – Did Robin Hood ever actually exist?

‘We need a bedrock of story and legend in order to live our lives coherently’ Alan Moore

TIMETABLE

7.00pm Talk begins
8.15pm Audience Wine & Conversation (timing may vary)
9.15pm Event finishes (timing may vary, depending on how much chattering goes on)