‘I know not how to abstain from reading,’ wrote Samuel Pepys back in the seventeenth century. Were he by some miracle still alive, Pepys would discover that this is a problem entirely alien to most ...

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Pupils at a school once attended by the 17th-century diarist Samuel Pepys have voted to remove his name from one of their houses, following revelations about his "abusive and exploitative" treatment ...

12:09, Wed, Jan 14, 2026 Updated: 12:31, Wed, Jan 14, 2026 Pupils at a school attended by famed diarist Samuel Pepys have voted to remove his name from a pastoral house after condemning his "harmful ...

A 17th century fashion print from the collection of Samuel Pepys (PA) Students at Hinchingbrooke School in Cambridgeshire have voted to remove 17th-century diarist Samuel Pepys' name from one of its ...

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Students at a Cambridgeshire school have voted to remove 17th-century diarist Samuel Pepys' name from one of its houses. That comes after research highlighting his “abusive and exploitative” behaviour ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Samuel Pepys is famed for documenting the Great Plague of 1665 and the Great Fire of London of 1666 in his diary (Getty) Students ...

The school attended by 17th century diarist Samuel Pepys has re-named a house named in his honour following a vote by pupils because of his 'abusive' treatment of women. Hinchingbrooke School, in ...

Pupils and staff at a Cambridgeshire school have voted to remove the name of Samuel Pepys from one of its pastoral houses following revelations about the former pupil's treatment of women. Pepys House ...