Our new season promises lot of changes. First of all, we will be broadcasting on YouTube as well as on podcast (ACast, Spotify). The visual version will show verses, quotes and other images to enhance the understanding of what we say.

Season 3 delves into the Sonnets commonly attributed to William Shakespeare, with a particular emphasis on the first seventeen (or Procreation Sonnets as they are known). This Season will also see the appearance of some guests to challenge our resident experts, Dr Hodges and Ms Paxton.

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Episode 1: Delving into the Sonnets

In this first episode of Season 3, we delve into the first 17 sonnets traditionally attributed to Shakespeare. Why were they written and for whom, and who might have written them?

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Episode 2: Epigrams and More

In the second episode of Season 3, we continue to examine the first 17 sonnets traditionally attributed to Shakespeare. Why were they written and for whom, and who might have written them? We look to Sir John Harrington’s Epigrams and Florio’s “Fruits” for clues.

Episode 3: The Influence of Ovid?

Episode 3 of Season 3 compares the first 17 sonnets traditionally attributed to Shakespeare to the poems of Hero and Leander and Venus and Adonis. Are there similarities? Can we place them chronologically? What about the influence of the Roman poet, Ovid?