But Robin Hood is not the only historical asset in Nottingham’s quiver. It was a center of the 17th-century English civil war, has a centuries-old hilltop castle, elegant Georgian streets and a ...

NOTTINGHAM, ENGLAND — On the eve of the May 14 release of Ridley Scott's film Robin Hood, starring Russell Crowe and Cate Blanchett, the media rabble have stormed Nottingham Castle, situated on ...

But with a new BBC television series about to hit the small screen in October 2006, Robin Hood is back in vogue. "There are few legends that mention the city other than the Sheriff of Nottingham." ...

He will also encourage his county’s charity sector, a stark departure from the literary Sheriff of Nottingham’s reputation as a scourge of the poor who fought Robin Hood’s vigilante efforts ...