Media Mix: British Ambassador Nigel Sheinwald

Published September 21, 2009 4:00am ET



Sir Nigel Sheinwald is the British ambassador to the United States. He replaced David Manning in late 2007. Before assuming the ambassadorship, Sheinwald served for four years as a defense adviser to former Prime Minister Tony Blair, and helped to negotiate the release of 15 Royal Navy hostages from Iran. He gave us his Media Mix via e-mail last week.

Q: What book are you reading?

Re-reading John Updike’s Rabbit novels.

Q: What’s the last movie you saw?

In the cinema, “Summer Hours” — a French film directed by Olivier Assaya.

Q: What’s your favorite TV show?

“Head Case,” with Ali Wentworth

Q: What’s new on your iPod?

“Empirical,” the debut album by the British jazz group

Q: What Web sites do you visit in the morning?

BBC News, Realclearpolitics, FT.com