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Guest inset: Abbie MacGregor; Background: UK racing Greyhounds

Abbie MacGregor: Making the Case for UK Greyhound Racing

Post author:Michael Burns
Post published:September 2, 2026

Episode 55: Recorded August 16, 2026 "I see corporate affairs as bringing the outside world in and then bringing the inside world out. It's… my job to… communicate to the…

Guest inset: Charlie Blanning; Background: Mick the Miller and Phiddy Arundel Kempton (left) and Belle Vue Stadium, 1926 (right)

Charlie Blanning on 100 Years of British Racing

Post author:Michael Burns
Post published:May 2, 2026

Episode 53: Recorded April 11, 2026 "Not only did you have the working class, if you like, after work, but also you had Lord this and Lady that in the…

Background: Artwork from the homepage of the Virtual Coursing Museum

The Virtual Coursing Museum with David Midwood and Charlie Blanning

Post author:Michael Burns
Post published:June 24, 2025

Episode 50: Recorded May 24, 2025 "[The Virtual Coursing Museum] dovetails so nicely with some of the goals of our podcast..." John Parker, on the announcement of the Virtual Coursing…

Left: Author and historian Charlie Blanning; Right: Partial cover of Charlie's second novel, "Electric Rabbit"

“Electric Rabbit”: Charlie Blanning’s Latest Work of Greyhound Fiction

Post author:Michael Burns
Post published:August 24, 2024
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Episode 45: Recorded August 11, 2024 "You need to write about what you know. You need to write about what you've experienced." Charlie Blanning on how his father's and grandfather's…

Charlie Blanning (inset), and the cover of his first Greyhound novel, "Rags to Riches"

Virtual Launch: Charlie Blanning’s First Greyhound Novel, “Rags to Riches”

Post author:Michael Burns
Post published:July 7, 2023
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Episode 38: Recorded June 25, 2023 "I became fond of all the characters. I couldn't wait to get to keyboard to write down what they were going to do next."…