Shakespeare was Shakespeare
There was a period when I wasted my precious spare time in debate on the true authorship of Shakespeare. (I'm particularly pleased with my killer arguments on Shakespeare's knowledge of astrology/astronomy , the unlikelihood of Hamlet drawing from Sophocles, and the Bohemian coast.) Tom Veal now has written a long but worthwhile review of Scott McCrea's The Case for Shakespeare, which basically should (but won't) end the debate.