During a 25 year career in Public Relations and Corporate Affairs at Nottingham City Council, Robert White became involved in numerous publicity and promotional campaigns that featured the City’s traditional links with Robin Hood. So, having retired in 1998, when the MD of an I.T. and communications company decided to create the internet-based World Wide Robin Hood Society, it was no surprise that he invited Robert to be a co-founder.

21 years on, the Society has become a leading Robin Hood resource that is used extensively by the media and film and television production companies etc. Robert has been frequently interviewed by national and international press and magazine journalists and on radio, film and television – including the UK, France, Germany, the USA, Canada, Korea, Africa, Jamaica, Australia and even Ecuador – together with appearances on BBC’s “The One Show”; Sky Travel’s “Expedition Unknown” series and French television’s “Secrets d’Histoire: Robin Des Bois.”

Robert’s particular interest is in the pivotal role that the legendary hero has played in the development of popular culture. The traditional tales have had a phenomenal influence across the centuries, impacting on a diverse spectrum of the arts, literature, folklore, business and environmental issues etc. establishing Robin Hood as a global icon and an internationally recognised brand.

Although Robert has given numerous talks to many organisations, groups and education establishments and written various articles and promotional booklets about the Sherwood Forest outlaw, Robin Hood: The Legacy of a Folk Hero, will be his first book on the subject.

As a bass guitarist and songwriter since his teens, Robert developed a keen interest in Rock and Pop history and has built up an extensive collection of quotations by artists and musicians from the music industry. He also takes an interest in Native American Indian history and culture.