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Jake Orr @jakeorr.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Got myself a new camera to pickup my photography again.

Jake wears a yellow jumper with an orange cardigan, he holds a black camera in his hand. Behind him are trees and greenery.

Jake holds a new Fujifilm X-E5, black and shiny. Behind is a sofa with cushions on it.

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Jake Orr @jakeorr.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Books I have read recently and loved.

The novel North Woods being held up by a hand. Behind it are plants in a living room, a bright yellow ceiling.

The book House by the Cerulean Sa being held up in an office, a chair in the background and posters

Wild Dark Shore being held up in front of a river.

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Jake Orr @jakeorr.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Just hit submit on a big funding application for a project I really believe in and is absolutely a passion project of mine built from scratch. Still lots of other fundraising to do but this was the biggie. Very fitting to hit submit whilst in The Pride Shop in Nottingham.

A laptop sits on a table with a mug and a rainbow icing coloured cookie. Behind are books and rainbow flags

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Jake Orr @jakeorr.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Saturday morning, drive to the bakery, fresh Sourdough, toasted, melted butter, jam. Perfection.

A brown paper bag, inside a fresh sourdough bread dusted with flour.

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Jake Orr @jakeorr.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

No turning back now, the bluebells are flowering in the local woods so spring is here to embrace them. Or maybe I’m the one to embrace the spring and all that comes with it?

Bluebells emerging in a wood. Flecks of purple as they flower amongst the trees.

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Jake Orr @jakeorr.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Breakfast for dinner? That’ll do.

A plate with a fried breakfast on it. Veggie sausages (3), sliced mushrooms, baked beans and scrambled eggs.

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Jake Orr @jakeorr.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Been spending a lot of time walking around the woods close to my partner’s house in my free time. It’s gorgeous no matter the weather and makes me feel alive.

Jake in a luminous green jacket, a green hat and green glasses standing in a wood looking at the camera.

Light can be seen between trees. The beginnings of a sunset. Moss covers the ground.

A long gap in trees stretching into the distance. The air is Misty, it’s winter in the woods.

A large puddle reflects the trees in the background creating a striking mirror image within the woods.

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Jake Orr @jakeorr.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Having a Dr as a boyfriend sometimes means you find things like this in his house and you just accept it.

A blue surgical glove that has been blown up and turned into a doctor complete with a face mask as a head cap, a smiley face, arms and its holding a syringe…

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Jake Orr @jakeorr.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Whenever I visit my parents it feels like a holiday. Their apartment overlooks the marina and it’s just gorgeous on a clear day.

A pontoon in a marina. Some sail boats in the background. A life ring in the foreground and a brilliant blue sky with clouds. The sun is breaking through the clouds and shining across the water.

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Jake Orr @jakeorr.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Happy Christmas 2025 (Every year I make my own Christmas cards featuring me with some plants. Here is this year’s tradition continued.)

Jake sits at a table holding a knife and fork. A plant in front of him. He wears a Santa hat and is dressed in a suit with a bow tie. There are candles on the table.

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Jake Orr @jakeorr.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Winter walks through the muddy fields and getting confused by the crops already starting to grow…

Jake in a green puffer jacket, a brilliant blue hat and green framed glasses looking into the camera. Behind him a middle field with tractor marks.

A field in the countryside. Rows of green crops at infant stage growing. Clouds and a sun in the sky.

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Jake Orr @jakeorr.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Went to London with my sister today for a cultural day. Saw Grayson Perry at the Wallace Collection, Every Brilliant Thing at SohoPlace and lunch at Mildred’s with desert at Italian Bear Chocolate.

A photo of Jake before heading to London. He is in a blue jumper, a green shirt. Green glasses on his face. He briefly smiles. Behind him a bookcase with the books in colour order.

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Jake Orr @jakeorr.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Happy birthday to me. I‘m off on a solo trip to Paris for a few days to decompress after a busy few weeks. Looking forward to experiencing Paris after many years away.

Jake smiles in brilliant sunshine with clip on sunglasses. He wears a pink T-shirt, a green jacket over the top and you can see the yellow straps of his bag.

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Jake Orr @jakeorr.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

There is no LGBT without the T. Standing up for my trans friends, colleagues, peers, lovers and community, always.

Jake in a blue jumper with green shoulder pads. He wears a pearl necklace and green glasses. Behind is a fire place with a rainbow dangling from it and other items including plants and photos/images slightly blurred.

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Jake Orr @jakeorr.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

My tulips are slowly getting there and I‘m so excited to see them bloom!

Tulips on the point of blooming in vibrant orange and red. There are 3 blooms in the photo with others around them at less developed stages.

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Jake Orr @jakeorr.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Feel like I need a lay down after reading The aber Sting by Paul Murray. What a thrilling read with such engrossing characters. Can see why it was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2023.

The cover of the book The Bee Sting by Paul Murray. The cover is yellow with red and black font.

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Jake Orr @jakeorr.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Today I spent a lot of time talking about plants and flowers. I‘m really grateful for that and how the LGBTQ+ community has brought me closer to some beautiful things, like nature. Here are the bluebells in my garden, which are unlike any bluebell I‘ve seen before!

A photo of a closeup of some bluebells but they have purple dark stripes down them with lighter purple on the petals

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Jake Orr @jakeorr.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

A difficult couple of weeks but getting out into the countryside for a 6 mile walk was just what I needed to be reminded of being grounded to the simpler things in life; nature and the outdoors.

Grass grows amongst trees in a woodland. Light spills through to illustre the grass.

Jake in an orange T-shirt and a green hat wearing glasses with clip-ons smiles at the camera. He is standing on the edge of a field.

A row of trees either side of a pathway running into the distance. Blue skies above.

A brilliant blue sky, with hues of blue down to white. A field of grass with some shadows of trees. A photo of the countryside.

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Jake Orr @jakeorr.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Have been a fan of Martin Parr’s photography for years. Was hoping the documentary I Am Martin Parr would at least reveal more about his process and opinions on photography, instead it’s just a nice look at the Britishness of his work. A like warm tea affair.

Martin Parr stands with his camera with a backdrop of a seaside. A couple sit next to him engaged in conversation. A sign reads ‘Little From Beach. £1000 fine.”

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Jake Orr @jakeorr.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Absolutely adored Greta & Valdin by Rebecca K Reilly. The sort of queer family exploration that fills you with so much joy. Not often I laugh out loud whilst reading, but this proper chuckled me. Worth a read.

A book cover of Greta & Vladin. The cover is bold typeface of the title over an illustration of a netted red bag of green limes.

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Jake Orr @jakeorr.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Caught the @nationaltheatre.org.uk’s Live of The Importance of Being Earnest tonight at @broadwaycinema.bsky.social. It was incredible. Ridiculous. Camp. Masterful in ensemble comedy. Haven’t laughed that much at theatre in years. Do catch it in cinemas, it’s definitely worth it.

A piano in the centre, an actor in a bright pink dress, it’s camp and outrageous. Other actors in period costumes around the piano. It’s so very camp, and dramatic in lighting.

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Jake Orr @jakeorr.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Today I had the pleasure of bringing a group of actors together to film on a train. A series of short films about the vulnerability of women and girls using the train network that will be shown to hundreds of staff. Months of work and such a different use of my producing skills.

Jake in a bright green jacket, a blue gillet and a green scarf. He does a V sign to the camera, behind is an empty train. He smiles at the camera.

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Jake Orr @jakeorr.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Oh I do scrub up well. Occasionally. 💃🏼

Jake in a bright green and blue jacket looking into the camera. Behind out of focus a bathroom with plants in.

Jake in a bright green and blue jacket looking into the camera. Jake smiles brightly. Behind out of focus a bathroom with plants in.

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Jake Orr @jakeorr.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Got to see Beautiful Thing on the big screen. Had forgotten how brilliantly funny it was. Great to see it and have a talk beforehand delivered by @cjdebarra.bsky.social on 90s LGBT+ Nottingham.

A cinema with a screen lit up showing two boys in school colours. A title of ‚beautiful thing‘

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Jake Orr @jakeorr.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Hull yesterday was rather delightful.

A body of water, a pier jutting out. A structure of a building behind. A few clouds in the sky.

A railing with a river behind. The sun shining but beginning to set. Blue skies.

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Jake Orr @jakeorr.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

I swear I do other things than walk around in fields but holy heck, 2 days walking Knepp Estate in Sussex, a 3500 acre rewilding project was just incredible. They‘ve got roaming animals, land that encourages biodiversity, trees thriving and so much more.

Jake stands in a green jacket in front of a sign that reads Knepp Wilding.

Three Tamworth pigs sleeping under a tree.

Trees and wetland. A blue sky. A vantage point from above.

Jake and Jacob in a tree on a platform. They smile at the camera.

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Jake Orr @jakeorr.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

A gorgeous day of exploring the grounds of Blenheim Palace as part of the boyfriend‘s belated birthday.

Jake stands in walking boots, a green jacket. He smiles ah the camera. Behind are two rows of trees in a straight line with grass between them

A cedar tree planted in 1770. It’s branches are massive growing in angled directions but the main appeal of the tree is the hole in the middle of it.

Jacob in a blue puffer jacket, a hat on his head and a broad smile. Jake next to him in a green jacket and looking at the camera. Behind a row of straight trees and grass.

A lake that looks almost turquoise in colour with trees behind.

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Jake Orr @jakeorr.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Escaped to the countryside.

Jake in a lime green jacket and blue hat stands in front of a reservoir with golden sunset and frost.

A reservoir, frozen water, scrubs frozen in ice, a blue, pink, yellow watercolour sky.

A pile of logs covered in frost. Behind a frozen lake. Trees and reflections in the water. A sunset.

A country house. A massive pouffe, a fireplace, ornate design. A striped tea cup behind held out. Paintings on the wall. Classical but warmly designed.

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Jake Orr @jakeorr.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

This afternoon’s walk was pretty special along the River Trent.

The sun setting. A tree rising up. The River Trent reflecting the sky and trees. A wooden fence going down into the river.

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Jake Orr @jakeorr.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

These stairs are going to be the death of me.

A heat gun on the top step of a staircase. Paint peeling off the stairs. A bright blue wall is on the right. A white door ahead.

A staircase leading down to a hallway. Bright blue walls on the bottom half of the walls running down the stairs. The stairs themselves are half peeled, splattered with paint. A few pictures on the walls.

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Jake Orr @jakeorr.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Get yourself a queer family who give you the time, love and adventures when you need them most. So grateful to @scalloped-edge.bsky.social and @zilleruk.bsky.social for our annual pre-Christmas getaway.

Jake in a bright blue hat, green glasses and a green jacket smiles at the camera. Josh in an orange jumper, orange jacket with the hood tucked over their head a scarf of patterned colours with green glasses looks bemused into the camera next to Jake. Behind, just visible is Rory, a big smile and white teeth shining. They all stand in front of a waterfall.

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Jake Orr @jakeorr.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

How’s the holiday going Jake? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Jake is in a green jacket. He is jumping with arms out stretched. He is in front of a waterfall immediately behind him. He has his mouth open wide, and looks ridiculously happy.

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Jake Orr @jakeorr.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Oh Wales, you do steal my heart.

A lighthouse, large rocks on the beach. Jake in a green jacket in the distance looking at the light house.

Sunset across the Wales hills. A large bank of green grass. Golden skies with clouds. A tree in silhouette.

Jake in a green jacket. Josh in an orange jacket. They stand posing in the rocks on the beach in front of the light house.

Another photo of the Welsh hills. A gorgeous sunset with clouds lit up above the hills.

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Jake Orr @jakeorr.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Final night in Worcester 🥲 Has been such a joy the last 2 and a bit years getting to visit the city to see my boyfriend and to make friends, and memories here. On to the next adventure just north of Wolverhampton. (The life of being a Dr’s boyfriend!)

Jake in a green jacket smiling at the camera. Behind is Jacob in a blue jacket and a bobble hat, also smiling. Behind them both is a building lit in purple with Christmas trees illuminated.

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Jake Orr @jakeorr.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Absolutely shattered. Spending my week off by helping the boyfriend move into his new house. Currently surrounded by boxes ahead of the big move on Thursday.

A room that is both bare and very full at once. A window with no curtains, piles of boxes, a sofa in the background with someone laying on it. The frame is mostly filled with boxes.

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Jake Orr @jakeorr.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Really enjoyed the Francis Bacon Human Presence exhibition at National Portrait Gallery today. First time I’d seen such a large quantity of Bacon’s portraits at once. Nicely curated.

$The exhibition poster for the Human Presence exhibition of Francis Bacon at the National Portrait Museum. It features one of Bacon’s portraits, an obscure figure sitting down looking at a screen or podium with another fractured figure in/on it.$

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Jake Orr @jakeorr.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

We now have a LGBT+ shop and cafe in Nottingham. Opened a couple of weeks ago. Look what they sell…

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Jake Orr @jakeorr.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Living so close to nature is so important. It gives us space to breathe and to be reminded of how we share this world with many others. This was taken from Netherfield Lagoons, just tucked behind a retail park in Nottinghamshire.

A glorious sunset of molten colours filling the horizon. Clouds jut across the sky. Blue, hello, orange and pink pigments. Water stretching out at the bottom, some trees and bushes dotted.

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Jake Orr @jakeorr.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Awake at 6am and couldn’t sleep so decided to do my tax return. Who the hell am I?!

A photo of a laptop screen showing in bold text a message saying “Submit your return” and a “Submitting” message with a spinning wheel underneath. Other text is smaller and the website is HMRC.

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Jake Orr @jakeorr.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Face planted into the Christmas spirit at a village’s lights switch on tonight and got myself a mega hot chocolate.

A cardboard cup filled with a drink that is I secured by a lot of white and pink fluffy marshmallows. Behind, but blurred, is a lit up sign saying XMAS.

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Jake Orr @jakeorr.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

I can produce a 13 venue LGBT+ festival for 2 weeks but trying to get these little pieces of wood to glue together has challenged me way more. Crafty I am not.

A model made of wooden pieces that make up a bookcase. The model bookcase has shelves and is built. It sits on a green craft mat with a bottle of glue next to it. Around the table is various pieces of the model.

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Jake Orr @jakeorr.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Took the afternoon off work to spend time planting and potting in the garden. Blissful.

Two terracotta pots with tulip bulbs inside. Two shoes, red in colour also in the frame.

A purple flowering hellebore plant that is sitting in a blue pot.

A flowering hellebore with pearly white and pink flowers in a blue pot.

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Jake Orr @jakeorr.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Spent the weekend painting the boyfriend’s first house he has bought. Exhausting work and all change from the delightful Worcester to the smaller Cannock. Definitely worth it thought when you have this on your doorstep to explore.

A forest clearing, lots of brown ferns on the floor and tall trees surrounding. A figure in a jacket with their hood up can be seen. The colours are of the trees are green, yellow.

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Jake Orr @jakeorr.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

The Zanele Muholi exhibition at Tate Modern was so incredibly powerful at exploring the black LGBTQ+ experience. The way Zanele uses their self-portraits to comment on politics, identity and self was so on point.

Self portrait. A black person with washing line legs in their hair, on their ears and their dress. Looking into the camera. Black and white. An African style shawl around their showers. The photo is framed within a simple black frame with white mount.

A hairdress made of pieces of wood that jut out in different directions. A woman with piercing black and white eyes looks out of the photo.

A wall of tens of black and white portraits of LGBTQ+ identifying individuals are displayed on the wall. Each framed in white with a white mount and white frame.

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Jake Orr @jakeorr.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

London bound. Yes I am very tired. 6th day of travel this week. Going to see some lovely #gay friends for gay dinner and to celebrate their new home. Tomorrow: #art and catchups and then a long long sleep.

Jake in a bright green puffer jacket looks into the camera. Not much of a smile, but green glasses and his hair up in a quiff. He is on a street, the background is blurred.

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Jake Orr @jakeorr.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Constantly being surprised by the level of creative talent and producing of indie/DIY/grass roots arts in #Nottingham. Tonight I went to Niche Artefact, where they hosted a cabaret night and unveiled artwork by local artists. What a hoot & brilliant idea for showcasing local talent.

A woman in a white dress and headband in a hoop, suspended from the floor with people around her looking up. There is a mirror ball and lights shining at her.

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Jake Orr @jakeorr.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Today‘s touring was Eastern Angles in Ipswich. An excellent theatre and arts hub embedded in its local community.

The front of Eastern Angles theatre space, a well lit entrance way with glass and coloured columns.

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Jake Orr @jakeorr.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Today’s touring adventure. Manchester at the Royal Exchange. One of the most beautiful and strangest theatres in the country.

A theatre space that looks like a spaceship within an ornate building, a former corn exchange.

A close up of the theatre space. Piping, metal, a staircase, all leading towards a central space.

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Jake Orr @jakeorr.bsky.social · 10/11/2024

Anyone need some gladioli? Got tons of them. Will replant more distributed but they just keep popping out more bulbs/corns!

3 pots full of gladioli bulbs and corns next to a bag of compost.

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