Britain's Gordon Brown has revealed that one of his first acts as prime minister will be to read the final Harry Potter book, the BBC reported today. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is published on 21 July, just three weeks after Mr Brown succeeds Tony Blair. Westminster commentators are predicting a flurry of political activity, but Mr Brown told BBC Radio 4 he had already drawn up a summer reading list. Mr Brown has called JK Rowling's books Britain's "greatest export", and says he wants his sons to read them one day. Both are still too young to read the novels. John is three, while Fraser celebrates his first birthday a day after the final Potter is published. Mr Brown was speaking to the Today programme from the Hay-On-Wye literary festival, where he is promoting his own book, Courage, about his personal heroes. -- SPA
