Anthony Holden and Ben Holden talk to David Freeman

Father and son team Anthony and Ben Holden talk to broadcaster David Freeman about Poems that Make Grown Men Cry, an unusual anthology they compiled with the help of 100 well-known men.

The Holdens received suggestions from notable men in literature, theatre, the arts, film, science, architecture and the field of human rights, including John le Carré, Salman Rushdie, Ian McEwan, Stephen Fry, Daniel Radcliffe and Christopher Hitchens. The chosen poems give an insight into the souls of these famous men.

Booker-winning novelist and poet Ben Okri will read a selection of the poems and, to further stir the soul, there will be moving songs from Ric Sanders and Vo Fletcher and solo cello played by Johanna Messner, a former principal cellist of the Sinfonietta Tübingen.and the Zeitgenössische Oper Berlin (Contemporary Opera Berlin), who tours widely.

Anthony Holden is an award-winning journalist who has published more than 30 books, including biographies of Laurence Olivier, Tchaikovsky and Shakespeare. His son, Ben, is a writer and film producer. He was director of European film and television at Exclusive

Supported by Eileen and Munir Majid.