MARCUS PITCAITHLY

Content note: murder of hostages. Robin Hood’s most famous enemy has always been the Sheriff of Nottingham. In early sources, he is never...

Content note: murder; attempted murder (including familial and spousal); violent jealousy; rape. NB: This post has been edited since it...

I've finally published the first volume of Old Tales Retold. (Volume II, Here Be Dragons, should follow in 2017.) It didn't seem the...

In the second and third books of his Children of Arthur series (following on from Arthur's Legacy, reviewed here), Tyler Tichelaar turns...

I examine how the character of Tuck has evolved over the centuries. Image: Woodcut by F. W. Fairholt for an 1847 ballad collection....

A look at the early literary history of orcs. Content note: racism. Image: engraving of Orcus from Orlando Furioso. The orc – generally a...

Since the 1980s, most major new Robin Hood stories have included a Muslim Merry Man – but how much further back does the character go?...

I examine some of the curious misapprehensions surrounding Golden Age piracy. Content note: murder by drowning. The popular image of the...

In the second part of my piece on Marian, I investigate how her legend has evolved down to the present day. Image: Bernadette O'Farrell...