This Sunday, the BranchOut festival came to Nottingham with a sizzling array of musical talent lighting up some of the city’s most popular venues. One of the more unique attractions could be found at Nottingham Contemporary as TEDxNottingham was introduced to a new form of musical and auditory experience courtesy of Blackout.   As the name suggests, Blackout music and performances are the same as [...]

Matt Dunford is in charge of the thriving local site the best of Nottingham.  We caught up with him recently to ask about his work and the direction he sees the city going in. Here’s what he had to say.   Hi Matt, can you tell us a little about the best of Nottingham and what it is trying to achieve? [...]

TEDxEastEnd’s “Society without Borders” theme arrived at the perfect time reflect on an unforgettable summer for this vibrant pocket of the capital. Held at the homely Stratford Circus, 14 speakers shared stories, poems, ideas and values with a rapt audience on Saturday afternoon.   With the Olympics still strongly alive in the collective British mind-set, the earlier talks focused on [...]

This months sees the first Festival of Nottingham come to the city. In a mini interview, TEDxNottingham caught up with one of the organisers Tony Bates to find out what’s going on in October…   So Tony, can you tell what the Festival of Nottingham is all about? The Festival of Nottingham is an opportunity to promote the diverse range [...]

TEDxNottingham caught up with Dan Abrahams, an expert in football psychology, to learn a little bit more about the discipline. Here’s what he had to say… 1) What would you describe as the main goal of psychology in general? That depends on what specific area of psychology you’re focusing on. For me sport psychology has a number of aims: supporting [...]