Really at this point I'm just embarrassed that I haven't yet posted the trailer for the new Robin Hood television show! Somebody ought to be holding me to account for these things! www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDfW...

As someone who has read Beowulf in OE and who enjoys comparing various translations, this video hits well for me: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-mW... Personally, I've always found Heaney to be overrated. Rebsamen has been my favorite, but Liuzza is one I haven't read and looks worth checking out.

Steven A. McKay was one of the very first guests on Into the Greenwood. He joined us back in episode 4 to discuss his Forest Lord series & his involvement in a Robin Hood-inspired video game. His first full-length Forest Lord novel since that time has just come out! stevenamckay.com/2025/09/22/r...

Weekend activities included: Podcast editing Teaching people to throw rugby balls Playing Call of Cthulhu Playing Dungeons & Dragons Playtesting the expansion for a boardgame Watching Star Trek Watching a murder mystery Reading Le Morte d'Arthur Most of these are rather typical for me. One is not!

For Talk Like a Pirate Day, I'm thinking about "Black" Sam Bellamy. Known as the Prince of Pirates & renown for his generosity. It's said that his crew called themselves "Robin Hood's Men"! Was Bellamy a heroic pirate? We'll be interrogate his legend on an upcoming episode of Into the Greenwood! 🏴‍☠️

We're on our TENTH book in the Robin Hood Book Club! (AKA 'Hood Reads') An interesting collection of works with some extremely varied takes on the world's most famous outlaw. What's your favourite literary adaptation of Robin Hood? 📚

We're on our TENTH book in the Robin Hood Book Club! (AKA 'Hood Reads') An interesting collection of works with some extremely varied takes on the world's most famous outlaw. What's your favourite literary adaptation of Robin Hood?

In episode 62 of Into the Greenwood we review the Robin Hood anime from the early 90s. During our discussion we check off some popular anime tropes. Our favorite example we spotted in 'Robin Hood no Daiboken' was the Sailor Moon-esq transformation sequences for Robin's arrows!

When I was placed on the Professor Watchlist in 2021, people sent death threats about my children. I had security officers monitor my 8yo at school. Where is all the outrage for those of us who have been targeted for years? Where is the outrage for our families? My own colleagues are silent.

Now available at patreon.com/intogreenwood for individual sale are some of the bonus episodes about the formation of our ever-growing ranking of Robin Hoods. This includes our discussion about how Jason Connery manages with BOTH of the sets of boots he had to fill! www.patreon.com/posts/living...

In addition to Robin Hood, I'm also always ready to geek out over any of the following: - Arthuriana - Folklore in general - Lord of the Rings - Fantasy in general - Star Trek - Sci Fi in general - Mythology - Boardgames - TTRPGs - Comic books - Dinosaurs - Astronomy - History - Archaeology

This account exists in support of Into the Greenwood. A podcast for exploring what we can learn by examining the legends of Robin Hood. Followers can expect history, folklore, & nerdery. But also politics, it would be a failure to truly engage w/ our subject if we eschewed socio-political content.

This take on 'Jurassic Park, but make it Victorian' by artist Jed Taylor is my everything this morning.

Episode 62 is out! 🎙️ You can listen to it here, or wherever you get your podcasts, but whatever you do, don't watch the so-called movie that we review!!! 🫣 (But maybe check out the anime series that was butchered in order to make the "movie".) www.buzzsprout.com/1727735/epis...

Explaining to my American friends my feelings about seeing flags as I live and work in South England and Wales... 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 = 😬 🇬🇧 = 🤔 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 = 😁

Do you ever have one of those days that just makes you feel mad at the world... www.npr.org/2025/09/08/n...

A powerful video that is well-researched and moving. It touches on early childhood education, the war on empathy, antisemitism, and genocide with thoughtful contextualization of these important topics. "We can't do everything, but we must do what we can."

Thank god AI has finally solved the problem of there not being enough podcasts

King Richard the Lionheart may show up like a savior figure in many modern Robin Hood adaptations, but the actual Richard I was no friend to the people of England. Friends in the US, consider seeing if there are protests happening in your area!

The Splitting Arrows reviews of every single Robin Hood film adaptation has entered the 1990s!!! Our first foray into the decade is available now for backers on Patreon. *Spoilers* Out of the dozens of Robin Hood movies we have watched, this one is, by far, the absolute worst!

I've been enjoying the new line of "DC Finest" trades with their collecting of classic comics that haven't been reprinted often, or in some cases at all before! They've even included some genre-based collections. What I'm REALLY hoping for now, is a DC Finest collection of their Robin Hood comics!🏹

Best job: Stay-at-home parent. Worst job: Overnight shelf stocking Scariest job: Lab technician working with radioactive nerve toxins. Funnest job: Manager of explosion shows for a science museum.

1st ed AD&D stat blocks for the Merry Men from Dragon Magazine issue 55 1981 from an article by Katharine Kerr. Art by Jim Holloway (I think). While D&D isn't my preferred system for playing a Robin Hood-themed TTRPG, I'm curious to see how someone would stat these characters in 5th ed.

The first of our multi-part celebration for the 70th anniversary of 'The Adventures of Robin Hood' starring Richard Greene is now live in the regular Into the Greenwood podcast feed! 🏹🎙️🎉

Star Trek comes up with surprising frequency in my podcast about Robin Hood (and we haven't even covered the episode in which Q turns the crew into Merry Men). I make no apologies for this.

This image of Robin Hood appeared in 1981's Dragon Magazine issue number 55. I'm not quite enough of an old head to recall the name of this artist. Can anyone help me out? Also, was this image used as the Ranger image in one of the early D&D books?

This year marks the 70th Anniversary of The Adventures of Robin Hood television series! To celebrate, Into the Greenwood will be releasing bonus reviews of episodes of the show throughout the rest of 2025! Get ready for a lot of riding through the glen!!!

This needs to be getting WAY more coverage than it currently is! Using AI, that is *incentivized* to deny care, as part of required prior authorization to qualify for medicare benefits, is literally one of the darkly dystopian things I can conceive of. www.newsweek.com/medicare-wil...

I don't even 'identify' as an Arsenal supporter. I am an Arsenal supporter. We just don't talk like this in any other area and it needs to stop. "Jane identifies as a hairdresser" "John identifies as a father" "Jane identifies as English" "John identifies as a maths teacher". It's moronic.

I amended the title card for King & Conqueror, the new wildly ahistoric drama from the BBC about the Norman Invasion.

If you pop over to patreon, you can hear a quick 13 second tease for the next Splitting Arrows of the podcast, in which Rick lets me know how he felt about the movie... www.patreon.com/posts/next-s...

I've gotten to spend the last few days exploring the Forest of Dean located near the Welsh border. A place with intriguing. history and landscapes that I never want to leave. I've learned of the distinctive "scowles" of Puzzle Wood and the long history of the local freeminers.

In the teaser for the new Robin Hood show from MGM+, Robin is shown using a pinch draw instead of the standard European/Mediterranean draw. Also w/ his arrow on the right side of the bow instead of the left. Intentional sacrificing of the steadier shot for speed, or a flub from the production? 🤔🏹

A teaser trailer is up for the new Robin Hood TV series! If you've got a take you want to share, I'm here for it! www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVJD...

The upcoming release of The Hooded Man has us chatting about ttrpgs in the Greenwood! Share three defining games... -D&D (The Red Box): My introduction -Changeling: the Dreaming (2nd ed): The one that made me fall in love. -Pendragon (4th ed): The one that me realize how *good* ttrpgs could be!

Episode 61 of Into the Greenwood is out! It's time to talk Robin Hood & role playing games! I sit down w/ Graham Rose to discuss The Hooded Man, the upcoming game from @ospreygames.bsky.social. As a bonus, I also sit down w/ two of the players from the Robin Hood-themed ttrpg I've been running.

Over the summer I've been enjoying making daily posts about some of my all-time favorite fictional characters and I just concluded with number 100!

For the next episode of Into the Greenwood, we'll be delving into the topic of tabletop role-playing games. It will include an on-air character building session with Graham Rose, writer of the new Robin Hood-themed game, The Hooded Man, releasing in December! What are your favorite ttrpgs?

Following a discussion with @paulgcornish.bsky.social, I wasn't able to resist picking up this new collection of old favorites.

this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like

Yesterday, friend of the show Mike Nichols posted a collage of his five favorite underrated depictions of Robin Hood. I added five of my own. Is there a Robin Hood adaptation out there that you love, but suspect most people are completely unaware of?

On Saturday I went Bath to see one of my all-time-favorite films on the big screen. It was absolutely splendid. After the film, a visit to the Coeur de Lion for a pint felt appropriate! I also got to meet friend of the podcast @jennykaneauthor.bsky.social at the screening, which was another delight!

Some interesting insights here. I certainly knew that Flynn didn't do all of his own stunts, but the film is certainly edited so well, that it can be darn hard to tell sometimes.

This Saturday I'll be at the Little Theatre in Bath watching The Adventures of Robin Hood starring Errol Flynn. This has been one of the most influential movies of my life and I am SO excited to finally have an opportunity to see it on the big screen!!! 🏹 🎥 🍿 www.picturehouses.com/movie-detail...

@erroneousbosch.bsky.social and I just recorded the next Splitting Arrows episode of the podcast. The film we just watched was, by far, the *worst* Robin Hood film we've seen to date.

Growing up in the US, I had no familiarity or nostalgia for this show. I was dreading covering this low-budget silly kiddy show 90s adaptation. Fortunately, @paulgcornish.bsky.social & @erroneousbosch.bsky.social help me discover what a delight this show is on ep 60 of Into the Greenwood! Out now!

Zero percent of our American audience has asked for us to cover this show, but it's probably been the single biggest request from our British listeners! 🐔🥞🎶 (At least from the ones who are old enough to remember it!)