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School drops Samuel Pepys’ name from house over ‘abusive’ behaviour towards women

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Students at a Cambridgeshire school have voted to remove 17th-century diarist Samuel Pepys' name from one of its houses.

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  • Pupils at Pepys’s school vote to rename house over ‘abuse of women’ | The Times
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  • Backlash as school pupils vote to rename Samuel Pepys house over ‘abuse of women’ | Express
  • Joanna Williams: Samuel Pepys's school should be proud, not ashamed, of its ex-pupil | The Spectator

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