I thought for one brief moment that Carrie Carter was taking her cat to Japan everytime she visited there. There is a good reason I thought that.Carrie has a profound love for Japan, cats, sumo, dioramas, and eating unusual foods.After 14 trips across the Pacific to her favorite country, she decided to write a book about it, sort of.  Whiskers Abroad is a human and  feline perspective on traveling in Japan.Seriously folks, cat aside, Japan is a real cool country to visit in Asia. Great food, great

In this episode Stacia and Siofra tell the tale of Dame Armine's haunted carpet. They mull over the concept of haunted objects and learn about a cursed cat carpet in Florida. This episode was recorded on location at The Assembly House, Norwich before social distancing measures were in place. Please excuse the clinking tea cups!

The team are at Norwich Cathedral again and this week we have a chat about the Lantern Man of Thurlton. Siofra also becomes starstruck as Budge the cat drops by.

I'm really hooked on Vietnam. This was my fourth visit in 3 years and I think, as long as you can avoid tourist scams, is an absolutely charming and fulfilling place for travel. I spent most of my time in Hanoi, using it as a base camp to explore a couple of places I still hadn't visited in the north. Rather than going to the Unesco World Heritage site of Halong Bay, I opted for the more quiet, less crowded Cat Ba Island. Where you're still close enough to see the beautiful karst islands and rock