<![CDATA[Unintended Knightmare references in the news]]>The new owner of EMI has been getting a lot of mentions in the press. His name is Guy Hands.

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/topic/1821/unintended-knightmare-references-in-the-newsRSS for NodeSun, 13 Sep 2026 23:00:04 GMTSun, 20 Jan 2008 16:31:30 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Unintended Knightmare references in the news on Fri, 03 Apr 2026 14:36:36 GMT]]>The name of a recently sacked BBC presenter reminds me that Knightmare Series 2 Quest 13 featured a Scot (aka dungeoneer Karen) in the Mills of Doom.

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/53360https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/53360Fri, 03 Apr 2026 14:36:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Unintended Knightmare references in the news on Sat, 10 Jan 2026 19:07:12 GMT]]>The photos of the pink skies over Birmingham reminded me of Knightmare Series 4.

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/53315https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/53315Sat, 10 Jan 2026 19:07:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Unintended Knightmare references in the news on Sun, 23 Feb 2025 19:09:29 GMT]]>There's now an AI app called Pickle which simulates a person's appearance on video calls. FAQs on the website include 'Is Pickle free?', 'Which languages does Pickle support?' and 'How do I change my Pickle's outfit or background?'

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/53183https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/53183Sun, 23 Feb 2025 19:09:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Unintended Knightmare references in the news on Fri, 24 May 2024 15:40:43 GMT]]>This one is more "Reminds me of Temporal Discussion" than "Reminds me of Knightmare", but my brain immediately inserted "which is a silly name" in Martin H's voice while I was reading the second line of this article. (It wasn't quite sharp enough to go with "a silly sub name"!)

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/53073https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/53073Fri, 24 May 2024 15:40:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Unintended Knightmare references in the news on Fri, 07 Jul 2023 01:05:56 GMT]]>I opened an old Italian newspaper article with the headline "TRE GUARDIE PER LA DIETA DI PAVAROTTI?", and with another browser window in front of it, all I could see was "TRE GUARD PAVAROTTI?" which momentarily confused and then amused me!

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/52950https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/52950Fri, 07 Jul 2023 01:05:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Unintended Knightmare references in the news on Thu, 09 Mar 2023 17:38:44 GMT]]>Mystic Meg has died. I couldn't help thinking she looks like Lord Fear's mum in the first photo.

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/52842https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/52842Thu, 09 Mar 2023 17:38:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Unintended Knightmare references in the news on Mon, 12 Dec 2022 20:02:03 GMT]]>A weather forecast including the phrase "bringing wintriness to the lower levels" immediately brought to mind Aesandre in Series 5!

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/52752https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/52752Mon, 12 Dec 2022 20:02:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Unintended Knightmare references in the news on Sat, 10 Dec 2022 16:10:00 GMT]]>Meanwhile, the Cambridge Dictionary Word of the Year is homer: seemingly because a large number of the UK's Wordle players don't remember Barry and his team's potion choices on Level 3 (or the first Lurleen Lumpkin episode of The Simpsons).

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/52751https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/52751Sat, 10 Dec 2022 16:10:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Unintended Knightmare references in the news on Mon, 05 Dec 2022 18:03:47 GMT]]>I'd never even heard of this before reading the article, but the Oxford word of the year is "goblin mode"!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-63857329

(Series 5's Christopher: "Don't talk to me about goblin mode...")

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/52748https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/52748Mon, 05 Dec 2022 18:03:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Unintended Knightmare references in the news on Sat, 15 Jan 2022 11:30:20 GMT]]>The front page of The Times today (15/1/22) has a photograph of a face on a door. The door of 10 Downing Street is ajar and is reflecting a portrait of the Queen, to whom Number 10 recently apologised.

This reminded me of the Weeping Doors in Knightmare Series 4. Among their recurring phrases were "The bitter pill of self-delusion" and "Truth will out and so will you".

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/52456https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/52456Sat, 15 Jan 2022 11:30:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Unintended Knightmare references in the news on Sun, 09 Jan 2022 19:08:45 GMT]]>In a recent Metro letters page Tony Blair's controversial peerage has been described as the pinnacle of Children's tv programmes.

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/52453https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/52453Sun, 09 Jan 2022 19:08:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Unintended Knightmare references in the news on Sun, 09 Jan 2022 12:55:53 GMT]]>Article in The Times on 8 January:

Vikings were ‘too trendy’ for helmets with horns

Too trendy or not trendy enough?

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/52451https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/52451Sun, 09 Jan 2022 12:55:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Unintended Knightmare references in the news on Fri, 04 Jun 2021 17:41:21 GMT]]>From today's Evening Standard:

Don’t be an amber gambler with holidays, pleads Robert Jenrick

Desperate appeal amid chaos and new doubt over June 21 reopening

Although the phrase "amber gambler" has its origins in a c1977 public information film about traffic light safety, many of us first encountered it via a clue scroll in Series 6 Quest 2. It sounds like Robert Jenrick wouldn't want us to travel to Witch Haven then.

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/52285https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/52285Fri, 04 Jun 2021 17:41:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Unintended Knightmare references in the news on Wed, 16 Dec 2020 18:30:46 GMT]]>Earlier this month, a think tank called Onward released a report titled No turning back. https://www.ukonward.com/noturningback/

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/52044https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/52044Wed, 16 Dec 2020 18:30:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Unintended Knightmare references in the news on Sun, 06 Sep 2020 14:05:47 GMT]]>

Thanks to Knightmare Live, there's more than one Lord Fear around these days. An article from The Times suggests they will benefit from Brexit in their continental misdeeds:

Brexit: European criminals will escape trial, lords fear

Predating that was the following Times article from 2014:

Lords fear cheap fizz in Commons

It conjures an image of Mark Knight and Tom Bell mingling with MPs as they break out the bubbly.

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/51723https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/51723Sun, 06 Sep 2020 14:05:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Unintended Knightmare references in the news on Fri, 14 Aug 2020 17:32:39 GMT]]>archery.jpg

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]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/51682https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/51682Fri, 14 Aug 2020 17:32:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Unintended Knightmare references in the news on Sun, 02 Aug 2020 14:42:40 GMT]]>Less a reference, more a reminder:

There's been news today of police breaking up a rave in the Forest of Dean. The image of ravers fleeing in the forest made me think of Giles dashing from goblins in the Forest of Dunn in Series 4.

*In the Forest of Dean

The dancers convene

And though they may rave

They seldom behave*

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/51671https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/51671Sun, 02 Aug 2020 14:42:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Unintended Knightmare references in the news on Fri, 08 May 2020 16:07:59 GMT]]>A mysterious headline from Australia's Newcastle Herald today:

Hard Yards, Chapter 30: Knightmare season ends Tinkler's reign of error

Knightmare's 30th team (Team 11, Series 3) did rather well, so it can't be about them. Maybe it's dissing an advisor from another team. If so, tinkler would be less "you're in a room", more "urine a room".

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/51428https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/51428Fri, 08 May 2020 16:07:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Unintended Knightmare references in the news on Sat, 04 Jan 2020 17:10:39 GMT]]>According to The Times today, Jess Phillips - who has been known to refer to Knightmare in tweets - 'will at least shake up the [Labour leadership] campaign by asking tough questions and injecting much needed vim.'

Not unlike Merlin in Series 3 then.

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/51273https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/51273Sat, 04 Jan 2020 17:10:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Unintended Knightmare references in the news on Tue, 14 Aug 2018 19:35:40 GMT]]>The MP Fiona Onasanya has been in the news this week, along with her younger brother Festus.

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/50984https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/50984Tue, 14 Aug 2018 19:35:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Unintended Knightmare references in the news on Wed, 11 Jul 2018 10:34:07 GMT]]>Thanks to Knightmare Live, there's more than one Lord Fear around these days. An article from The Times suggests they will benefit from Brexit in their continental misdeeds:

Brexit: European criminals will escape trial, lords fear

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/50961https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/50961Wed, 11 Jul 2018 10:34:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Unintended Knightmare references in the news on Sat, 23 Jan 2016 21:52:32 GMT]]>According to new research, anxiety creates brain activity that causes us to veer left. Further research may be needed to establish whether it causes us to advise others to veer left into gaping holes and such.

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/48910https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/48910Sat, 23 Jan 2016 21:52:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Unintended Knightmare references in the news on Fri, 02 Oct 2015 14:23:45 GMT]]>This Danish word perfectly describes autumnal Friday evenings spent watching Knightmare!

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/48577https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/48577Fri, 02 Oct 2015 14:23:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Unintended Knightmare references in the news on Tue, 30 Dec 2014 23:32:20 GMT]]>I did a slight double take reading this article and seeing "Knighthood: David Verey", as my brain automatically misread a couple of words!

]]>https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/48049https://www.knightmare.com/forum/post/48049Tue, 30 Dec 2014 23:32:20 GMT