Anthony Holden is an award-winning journalist who has published more than thirty books, including He Played For His Wife…And Other Stories and biographies of Laurence Olivier, Tchaikovsky, and Shakespeare. He has published translations of opera, ancient Greek plays, and poetry. He was director of European Film and Television at Exclusive Media, where he helped relaunch Britain’s most famous film production label, Hammer. Anthony Holden lives in London. Ben Holden is a writer and film producer. He lives in London and studied English at Merton College, Oxford. With his father Anthony, Ben edited the bestselling Poems That Make Grown Men Cry and Poems That Make Grown Women Cry.
“The Holdens remind us that you don't have to be an academic or a
postgraduate in creative writing to be moved by verse…I defy anyone
not to enjoy the Holdens' book: It's plain fun.”
*Wall Street Journal*
‘A deep and valuable collection that you could rely upon in your
time of need’
*The Times*
‘The art of poetry, as exemplified in this collection, transcends
all gender issues, real or disputed’
*Guardian*
'This anthology has given me fresh pleasure in familiar poems and
introduced me to exciting new voices'
*Sebastian Faulks, from his Afterword*
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