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Daily Express, 20 July 2020

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Saints Alive​

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Move over St George – some thing the nation's major martyr should be Edmund, whose East Anglian abbey turns 1,000 this year. By Simon Edge

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Bury & West Suffolk magazine, August 2020

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St Edmund holds court in a tale of politics, fun and fake news

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In his latest book about historical figures, Long Melford
author Simon Edge enjoys wondering what would happen if Bury’s famous saint was discovered under the Abbey ruins

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Yorkshire Times, 7 August 2020

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Review: Anyone for Edmund? by Simon Edge

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Anyone for Edmund? is a highly entertaining work of satire, written by former features writer and theatre critic, Simon Edge, who deftly applies his journalistic skills to fiction

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TripFiction, 10 August 2020

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Talking Location with author Simon Edge

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Simon Edge, author of Anyone for Edmund?, takes us on a tour of medieval Bury St Edmunds, once home to the greatest church in Christendom, in search of England’s lost patron saint

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The i Paper, 24 July 2020

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75 essential summer reads

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Edge’s sharp-edged political comedy is guaranteed to have you laughing out loud as the discovery of St Edmund’s remains underneath a tennis court sets off a farcical chain of events

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East Anglian Daily Times, 9 August 2020

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Comic novel is inspired by Saint Edmund

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The story of Saint Edmund is very much part of the fabric of this area. The original patron saint of England has now inspired another story: the comic novel Anyone for Edmund? by author Simon Edge

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Francis Young, 10 August 2020

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Review: Anyone for Edmund? by Simon Edge

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It is rare for me to review fiction on here – indeed, I don’t think I have ever done so before – but Anyone for Edmund? is rather different, because Simon Edge’s novel was inspired by my research

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BBC Radio Suffolk, 12 August 2020

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On the Sofa with Lesley Dolphin

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‘I’m finding it very funny. It’s making me laugh out loud. It’s brilliant,’ Lesley says of Anyone for Edmund? – which was inspired by Radio Suffolk’s Edmund for England campaign. From 01:27:00

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Suffolk Free Press, 13 August 2020

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New book blends history and humour​

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On the thousand year anniversary of the Abbey of St Edmund, a Suffolk man has written a comedy book about the saint himself

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Saga Magazine, September 2020

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Rich in history and bunk

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When the remains of St Edmund, 9th-century king of East Anglia, are discovered under tennis courts in East Anglia, Mark Price urges his ruthless boss, the culture secretary, to propose him as a patron saint of the UK...

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The Lady, February 2021

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St George had better watch out

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This historical and politically prescient comedy will have you chuckling long after the last page. Gripping, entertaining and intriguing, it is part political satire and part historical excavation with a contemporary twist.

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Suffolk Magazine, February 2021

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Anyone for Edmund?

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Author Simon Edge loves imagining history in his own humorous, slightly irreverent, fictional style. Now he’s digging up the past on our country’s patron saint