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Eddi Fiegel
Author, Journalist & Broadcaster
Eddi Fiegel is a multi-award-winning arts and travel journalist and author. She has written critically acclaimed biographies of film composer John Barry and 'Mama' Cass Elliot of The Mamas and The Papas as well as books on Madonna and Cher.
Her books have been described as ''exceptional', 'compelling', 'entertaining', 'illuminating' and 'extremely well-researched' by the likes of The Times, The Observer, Mojo Magazine and REM's Peter Buck.
As a journalist, she specialises in the arts, music, film, travel and food.
Her work has appeared in national newspapers, magazines and websites including The Telegraph, The Sunday Times, The Guardian, The FT, The i, The Art Newspaper, National Geographic Traveller, Wanderlust and Mojo magazine.
The Arts:
Eddi specialises in:
Music - Eddi’s feature subjects have included The Rolling Stones, The Smiths, Nick Cave, kd Lang, Angélique Kidjo, Julian Cope.
For her biography of ‘Mama’ Cass Elliot - Dream A Little Dream of Me, her interviewees included David Crosby, Graham Nash, Michelle Phillips, John Sebastian, the late former US Senator George McGovern, Denny Doherty, Zal Yanovsky (of The Lovin Spoonful) and Tim Rose.
As John Barry’s biographer, she also specilaises in film music, and her feature subjects have included Lalo Schifrin, Ennio Morricone - both of whom she interviewed and Bernard Herrmann.
Film - Eddi’s interviewees have included Sir Kenneth Branagh, Susan Sarandon, Rebecca Hall, Michael Caine, the late David Hemmings and John Schlesinger amongst others.
Art and architecture - Features for The Times, The i and The Art Newspaper including Frank Gehry, Bridget Riley, Picasso, Salvador Dalí and James Ensor.
Food and Drink - Eddi’s feature interviewees have included Jordi and Joan Roca (of El Celler de Can Roca, Girona - twice voted The World’s Best Restaurant) and British-based Spanish chef and founder of Tapas Revolution - Omar Allibhoy.
Sustainability - Eddi’s 2023 feature on ‘Sustainable Spain’ for Wanderlust Magazine won her the Inspire Global Award for Consumer Magazine Feature of the Year.
Travel
Eddi is a Spain specialist, writing on Spanish destinations and Spanish culture, and is one of The Telegraph’s Spain experts. (She is also specifically The Telelgraph’s Costa Brava ‘Destination Expert’. She lived in Barcelona for several years, speaks fluent Spanish and French and has reported for the BBC from both Spain and India.
More broadly, she specialises in cultural travel, family travel, sustainability and food and drink and has covered worldwide destinations including US cities such as Los Angeles, Atlanta and Memphis, the Caribbean (Jamaica), Norway, France and Spain.
See more on Eddi's travel writing here or read The Telegraph Costa Brava Guide here.
Broadcasting, Talk Hosting & Events
Eddi originally trained as a BBC radio reporter and spent several years reporting for BBC radio, interviewing the likes of David Bowie, Paul McCartney, Philip Glass, Brian Eno, Sean Connery, Jarvis Cocker and Noel Gallagher for the BBC World Service, BBC Radio 1, 2, 4 and BBC London.
She was a regular guest on BBC 6 Music's The Freakzone and has contributed to BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour and The Reunion, as well as presenting the documentary 'John Barry - The Lost Tapes.'
In August 2024,
In February 2024, as part of the British Film Institute (BFI) Southbank’s John Barry film season, Eddi hosted a panel discussion - Spies, Swingers and Shadows: The Films and Scores of John Barry, with Bob Stanley, Neil Brand and Nainita Desai.
She also introduced a screening of Goldfinger.
Additional facts in no particular order
Eddi has: met Nelson Mandela in his office in Johannesburg, contributed (spoken word) vocals to a track by Julian Cope and also once took a phonecall from the late ex-US Senator George McGovern at 2am.
She is currently working on a book about female Beatles fans and is keen to hear from women who saw the group perform.
Awards
2024 - TravMedia Awards - Finalist for Feature of the Year
2023 - Inspire Global Award for Consumer Magazine Feature of the Year (overall winner across all categories for her feature on ‘Sustainable Spain’ in Wanderlust Magazine
2023 - Inspire Global Award for Consumer Magazine Feature of the Year (UK & Europe) for ‘Sustainable Spain’ in Wanderlust Magazine
2023 - Costa Brava G! Award for ‘Most Inspirational Showcasing of the Costa Brava’ for her feature on the Catalan Grand Tour in Wanderlust Magazine.
2014 - Costa Brava Tourist Board G! Award for the 'Best Digital Media Tourism Communication Award' for her online guide to the region on the Telegraph’s website.
2006 - ARSC (The Association for Recorded Sound Collections) Certificate of Merit for Best Research in Recorded Rock Music for her book Dream A Little Dream of Me - The Life of Cass Elliot