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Sebastian Michael

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“…because in a civilised society, having a Bloody Mary is considered par for the course on an aeroplane.”

Encounters
Trivia

#britishairways #cannes #filmfestival #bloodymary #civilisation

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December 22, 2025 at 1:41 AM

Sebastian Michael

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Encounters
Perfection

“…he simply said, ‘so, to Locarno?’ And I said ‘yes.’”

#chance #filmfestival #party #luck #universe

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December 11, 2025 at 12:34 AM

Sebastian Michael

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If you’re looking for a thoughtful gift at an affordable price, The Snowflake Collector currently has an astonishing discount on Amazon UK:

#books #gifts #Christmasgifts #Literature #bargain

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The Snowflake Collector

Buy The Snowflake Collector 2nd ed. by Michael, Sebastian, Cassia, Diego (ISBN: 9798895898031) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

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December 3, 2025 at 1:29 PM

Sebastian Michael

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With the Summary & Conclusion, SONNETCAST – William Shakespeare's Sonnets Recited, Revealed, Relived comes to an end: 170 episodes, 77 hours of sonnets, explanations, analysis, and conversations with some of the world's leading experts.
#Literature #Shakespeare
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Summary & Conclusion by SONNETCAST – William Shakespeare's Sonnets Recited, Revealed, Relived

In this, the – at least for the time-being – final episode of his podcast on William Shakespeare's Sonnets, Sebastian Michael offers a brief summary of his findings and also takes the opportunity to e...

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November 30, 2025 at 9:42 AM

Sebastian Michael

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BLACK FRIDAY:
THE PERFECT DAY TO BUY NOTHING.

BUY NOTHING,
RECEIVE NOTHING,
AND GET ON WITH YOUR LIFE.

BLISS.

#BlackFriday #buynothing #nenio #joy

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November 28, 2025 at 12:05 AM

Sebastian Michael

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In today's penultimate episode I am joined by Miro Roman to talk about our experimental machine learning approach to Dating the Sonnets. SONNETCAST – William Shakespeare's Sonnets Recited, Revealed, Relived open.spotify.com/episode/3bXy...
#Shakespeare #Sonnets #Poetry #LiteraturePosts

Dating the Sonnets — With Miro Roman

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November 23, 2025 at 2:48 PM

Sebastian Michael

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A special SONNETCAST episode on The Quarto Edition of 1609 and its Dedication, exploring our original source for William Shakespeare's Sonnets and the mystery around "Mr. W. H."

#Shakespeare #Sonnets #poetry #LiteraturePosts #bibliophile #booklover

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The Quarto Edition of 1609 and its Dedication by SONNETCAST – William Shakespeare's Sonnets Recited, Revealed, Relived

In this special edition of Sonnetcast, Sebastian Michael takes a closer look at our original source for William Shakespeare's Sonnets, examining in detail the few textual issues it presents, the much ...

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November 16, 2025 at 12:35 PM

Sebastian Michael

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“At last, one of the great bewildering conundrums of my childhood simply, quietly evaporates.”

Encounters
{Mystery}

#ocean #basel #school #song #EDENbyFREI

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November 14, 2025 at 12:50 AM

Sebastian Michael

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“He’s a trombonist. And that alone should tell me everything I need to know.”

Encounters
Whist

#love #chance #friend #musician #EDENbyFREI

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November 11, 2025 at 6:43 PM

Sebastian Michael

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With all the Sonnets done, here comes the Coda Edition of #Sonnetcast on A Lover's Complaint:

#Shakespeare #poetry #Sonnets #podcast #LiteraturePosts #English #ALoversComplaint

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A Lover's Complaint by SONNETCAST – William Shakespeare's Sonnets Recited, Revealed, Relived

Following an established tradition at the time, William Shakespeare furnishes his collection of 154 Sonnets with a poetic Complaint that acts as a coda to the series. Where he departs from common prac...

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November 9, 2025 at 3:29 PM

Sebastian Michael

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The collection of sonnets is now complete: Listen to "Sonnet 154: The Little Love-God, Lying Once Asleep" by SONNETCAST – William Shakespeare's Sonnets Recited, Revealed, Relived on Spotify for Creators

#sonnets #Shakespeare #LiteraturePosts #poetry

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Sonnet 154: The Little Love-God, Lying Once Asleep

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November 2, 2025 at 9:51 AM

Sebastian Michael

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“The prism of your childhood paints the world in colours that but slowly fade…”

Encounters
{Loss}

#boys #london #childhood #dream #EDENbyFREI

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October 24, 2025 at 12:51 AM

Sebastian Michael

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“…and there were all these saggy old men with drooping bits everywhere.”

Encounters
{Thoughts That Can’t Be Unthunk}

#Zurich #lake #swimmer #Adonis #EDENbyFREI

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October 21, 2025 at 7:23 PM

Sebastian Michael

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“I am fairly much one with the sofa right now.”

Encounters
Entreatment [2]

#London #Soho #Auden #sofa #EDENbyFREI

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October 20, 2025 at 10:19 PM

Sebastian Michael

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“…I personally tend to think of sex not much more than as a particularly emphatic way of saying hello.”

Encounters
Entreatment [1]

#science #philosophy #friends #sage #EDENbyFREI

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October 14, 2025 at 11:10 PM

Sebastian Michael

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“…that's all just Shoreditch on a Sunday in June.”

Encounters
Indiscretion [2]

#London #shoreditch #citylife #recreation #EDENbyFREI

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September 29, 2025 at 10:47 PM

Sebastian Michael

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“and down came a young man who looked not unlike how you'd imagine Harry Potter, aged 23, minus the scar.”

Encounters
Indiscretion [1]

#London #Shoreditch #latex #art #EDENbyFREI

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September 25, 2025 at 7:31 AM

Sebastian Michael

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Listen to "Sonnet 149: Canst Thou, O Cruel, Say I Love Thee Not" by SONNETCAST – William Shakespeare's Sonnets Recited, Revealed, Relived.

#Shakespeare #Sonnets #Sonnet149 #poetry #LiteraturePosts #poem #podcast #English #literature

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Sonnet 149: Canst Thou, O Cruel, Say I Love Thee Not by SONNETCAST – William Shakespeare's Sonnets Recited, Revealed, Relived

After establishing in the previous two sonnets that he is possessed of a 'fever' that makes him 'mad' and that distorts his vision, William Shakespeare uses Sonnet 149 to further describe the effect t...

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September 21, 2025 at 9:13 AM

Sebastian Michael

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Listen to "Sonnet 147: My Love Is as a Fever, Longing Still" by SONNETCAST – William Shakespeare's Sonnets Recited, Revealed, Relived.

#Shakespeare #Sonnets #Sonnet147 #poetry #podcast #LiteraturePosts #English #DarkLady #Desire #Lust #Love #Fever

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Sonnet 147: My Love Is as a Fever, Longing Still by SONNETCAST – William Shakespeare's Sonnets Recited, Revealed, Relived

In Sonnet 147, William Shakespeare brings together two themes that have agitated him before: firstly the at the time fairly commonplace notion of love – and, more to the point, desire – as a disease t...

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September 7, 2025 at 9:14 AM

Sebastian Michael

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Listen to "Sonnet 146: Poor Soul, the Centre of My Sinful Earth" by SONNETCAST – William Shakespeare's Sonnets Recited, Revealed, Relived.

#Shakespeare #poetry #sonnets #Sonnet146 #life #death #body #soul #mind #LiteraturePosts #podcast #SONNETCAST

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Sonnet 146: Poor Soul, the Centre of My Sinful Earth by SONNETCAST – William Shakespeare's Sonnets Recited, Revealed, Relived

With his solemn, near pious, Sonnet 146, William Shakespeare for the first and only time speaks directly to his soul and entreats it to look after itself; to stop expending its energy on the pursuit o...

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August 31, 2025 at 8:03 AM

Sebastian Michael

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Listen to "Sonnet 145: Those Lips That Love's Own Hand Did Make" by SONNETCAST – William Shakespeare's Sonnets Recited, Revealed, Relived for a radically different perspective on this often dismissed poem.

#Shakespeare #Sonnet145 #podcast #LiteraturePosts

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Sonnet 145: Those Lips That Love's Own Hand Did Make by SONNETCAST – William Shakespeare's Sonnets Recited, Revealed, Relived

Sonnet 145 stands out in the collection for several reasons. Some factual, some conjectural, some somewhere in-between. Most obviously and beyond interpretation evident is the fact that it is the only...

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August 24, 2025 at 11:57 AM