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Here are the top ten articles for the English Culture Site! These rankings are live and get reset at the beginning of each month, so check back often to see what your fellow visitors are most interested in!

1. A Visitor's Quick Guide to English Currency

Visiting England and worried about how to negotiate the British currency? This brief overview should help to allay any fears and give you an idea of what to expect.

2. Pie Eaters of Wigan

The people of Wigan, a town famous for - amongst other things - its delicious pies, are happily known as "pie-eaters"; but should they be? What does this unusual nickname really mean, and where does it originate from?

3. Trafalgar Square Christmas Tree

Each year, Trafalgar Square, London, hosts what is arguably the most famous Christmas tree in the world, but just what is so notable about this tree?

4. Liverpool A City Divided?

From music to football, religion to recreation, Liverpool is a city with something to offer all visitors, no matter their age or interests.

5. The Grand National - A Grand Racing Tradition

The Grand National is a world-famous horse race held in April every year, at Aintree Racecourse, Liverpool.

6. The National Trust

Founded in 1895, this charity is concerned with the protection, preservation and restoration of places, properties and heritage that could never be replaced. From taking care of individual works of art to managing enormous woodlands, the National Trust is involved in massively diverse projects.

7. English Culture Newsletter Archive & Sign Up

Do you love all things English? Want to know when the latest articles are available on the English Culture site, or to hear about what's happening in England? Then sign up for the BellaOnline English Culture Newsletter.

8. Hey Diddle diddle

What on earth does the Nursery Rhyme Hey Diddle diddle mean? Well, how about suspected murder and a love triangle that was to shake England to it's core?

9. Life in Stuart England and 1666

What was life like in Stuart England? For the rich it was comfortable but for the poor, it was a nightmare. And then there was the smell...

10. Native English Animals

Were there ever wild, dangerous animals in England? The answer is yes. Here is what they were and where they are now.

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