Speech Accent Archive http://accent.gmu.edu/index.php

This is a lovely little site giving you access to examples of various accents from around the world. The same paragraph is read out by each person and so it allows you to compare speakers. They give a little bit of information on the background of the speaker (geographically, linguistically, etcetera).

Why indeed I would be interested in this is a matter for a debate (probably between the little people in my head), but it grabbed my attention this morning.