Lost portrait ‘may show Shakespeare’s secret male lover’

Written By Meredith Jordan

Does a newly discovered miniature believed to be of the poet’s first patron hint at a doomed love affair?

An interview with Rhys Blakely in The Times from 4 September 2025.

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