The Blockade Swallow Lewis Buxton Keane was also an accomplished

Keane was also an accomplished poet with a sharp wit and strident humour

Her publications include Edward Thomas: The Origins of His Poetry (2012) and Edward Thomas’s Poets (2007)

First published in 1973 and out of print for many years

My grandfather

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The Blockade Swallow Lewis Buxton Keane was also an accomplishedOlga Berggolts (1910 1975) was a Soviet poet, playwright and journalist, whose daily broadcasts on Leningrad radio during the Nazi blockade of the city (1941 44) became a symbol of the city's refusal to surrender. One and a half million people starved to death during the siege, including Berggolts husband. In 1943 she was awarded the Defence of Leningrad medal. After the War, the publication of Berggolts writings about the suffering of ordinary