Philip Hensher

The clue to Shakespeare’s sexuality lies in the sonnets

They are quite unlike any other sonnet sequence of the time and seem to be a kind of personal statement – written by a man with undeniable feelings for another man

The Chandos portrait of William Shakespeare. [Getty Imges]

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