"Steal from the rich and give to the poor " - words we hope we may all come to thrive by - is in no figure better exemplified than one Robin Hood, for whom no introduction is necessary or adequate. Here we look into his historical origin in not-so-merry old England, sloughing through the Dark Ages of feudal society " - as well as what this beguiling Green Man might represent for us today in our lives stuffed with gadgets, distractions and more than anything else crises - including our imperiled natural world, the felicitous co-habitation with which (at least in imagination) Robin and his band in Sherwood Forest stand out as a happy model.