In the fourteenth Episode of his weekly podcast and video blog, Sebastian Michael sees the poet in anguish over the real or imagined prospect of losing his young lover in Sonnets 89 & 90. 

In the thirteenth Episode of his weekly podcast and video blog, Sebastian Michael finds William Shakespeare in a state of deep turmoil and upset over the arrival on the scene of another poet and registers some none-too-subtle hints in Sonnet 80 that this may be a rival for more than just the young man's artistic appreciation...