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EPISODE 15: TAKE HEED, DEAR HEART

5/9/2016

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​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. 
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episode 14: if thou wilt leave me

20/8/2016

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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. 
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episode 13: my saucy bark

13/8/2016

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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... 

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EPISODE 12: MIDPOINT REVIEW

30/7/2016

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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...
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episode 11: to love that well

16/7/2016

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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. 
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episode 10: tired with all these

9/7/2016

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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. 

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episode 9: beated & chopped

2/7/2016

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​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. 
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episode 8: triumph & hope

18/6/2016

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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... 
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episode 7 : my greatest grief

11/6/2016

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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... 
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EPISODE 6: WILFUL TASTE

4/6/2016

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In the sixth Episode of his weekly podcast and video blog, Sebastian Michael discovers the reason for the Poet's dejection, as the Young Man has overstepped a mark in Sonnet XL. In what has become a love triangle, things are getting complicated, but despite everything the Poet is still forgiving...

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    Starting 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.

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