​In the fifteenth Episode of his weekly podcast and video blog, Sebastian Michael detects a new note of confidence and self-assertion in the poet, who delivers an admonition and issues a warning to the young man with Sonnet 95. 

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... 

In the twelfth Episode of his weekly podcast and video blog, Sebastian Michael looks back over the first 77 Sonnets and recounts the story so far, highlighting the most telling moments and identifying what we know for certain, what we can consider to be very likely and what we may simply want to be aware of as this fascinating tale unfolds...

In the eleventh Episode of his weekly podcast and video blog, Sebastian Michael discovers a surprising revelation about Shakespeare's young lover in Sonnet 73: one of the most hauntingly beautiful poems in the entire canon. 

In the tenth Episode of his weekly podcast and video blog, Sebastian Michael empathises with William Shakespeare, as the poet goes on an epic rant about the ills of the world, which turn out to be pretty much the same four hundred years ago as they are now. 

​In the ninth Episode of his weekly podcast and video blog, Sebastian Michael charts the path that leads to the brutally honest self-assessment of Sonnet 62, in which Shakespeare stands before us and his young lover, bare. 

In the eighth Episode of his weekly podcast and video blog, Sebastian Michael hears a brazen new note being struck in the relationship between the poet and the young man with the extraordinary Sonnet 52: a game is being played out, and it is no longer just about beauty, longing and love... 

In the seventh Episode of his weekly podcast and video blog, Sebastian Michael reflects on the stark contrast between Sonnet 48 and previous occasions when the poet and the young man were apart: not only has a bond of trust been broken, but Shakespeare has a painful realisation...