Let the flags fly
It's LGBT history month, so you'll see the distinctive rainbow flags flying on official buildings - such as HM Prison Leicester.
The prison was designed by Leicester county surveyor William Parsons to resemble a castle and cost £20,000. It opened in 1828.
The journalist William Cobbett, who wrote about his journeys around England in the early 19th century, criticised the people of Leicester for being proud of their new prison, feeling that it would be more praiseworthy to have an absence of crime.
Let the flags fly
It's LGBT history month, so you'll see the distinctive rainbow flags flying on official buildings - such as HM Prison Leicester.
The prison was designed by Leicester county surveyor William Parsons to resemble a castle and cost £20,000. It opened in 1828.
The journalist William Cobbett, who wrote about his journeys around England in the early 19th century, criticised the people of Leicester for being proud of their new prison, feeling that it would be more praiseworthy to have an absence of crime.