The refrain across much of the Deep South for decades was "Thank God for Mississippi!" However abysmally Arkansas or Alabama might perform in national comparisons, they could still bet they wouldn't ...

We had backwaters every year on the farm. This overflow was called a backwater. My parents and grandparents used this word to describe the flooding from the river. Looking back, ...

View of the Interamna Lirenas excavation from above and from the North. Photograph taken in September 2023. The remains of the theatre can be seen in the centre, with the remains of the basilica ...