Comic History of England… The Comic History of the Peasants’ Revolt 17 Apr 2021 For Pen and Sword Books I am producing a new annotated edition of The Comic History of England (originally published in 1846). I thought I’d give readers a taste of…
18th century… Sir Robin William V. Harcourt Hood, M. P. 15 Aug 201815 Aug 2018 By Stephen Basdeo Whenever a politician proposes raising a new tax or cutting a public service, a newspaper columnist will often respond that the proposed changes are ‘Reverse Robin Hood’.…
19th Century… “The Railway Robin Hood” (1868) 8 Aug 20158 Aug 2015 ‘Rail fares a rip-off,’ thundered the Daily Mail in an article of December last year. [1] Indeed, there seems to be a constant debate in the United Kingdom these days…
