In the twenty-first – special and extended – Episode of his weekly podcast and video blog, Sebastian Michael talks about the possible candidates for The Fair Youth and settles on the one he considers most likely. This by necessity also entails a closer look at the first publication of The Sonnets and an oblique dedication that has puzzled their admirers for centuries...
In the twentieth Episode of his weekly podcast and video blog, Sebastian Michael encounters a particularly personal note in Sonnet 126, which marks the end of the Fair Youth sequence and stands out not only for its tenderness, but also for its mysteriously missing final couplet...
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saturday's sonnetStarting Saturday 23rd April 2016 – the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death – Sebastian will be recording every sonnet in sequence and choose one sonnet at the end of each week to introduce here and on YouTube. Archives
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