Yeah, Christopher Eccleston is from Manchester, that's about two hours drive from here. I'm from Yorkshire though, so it's a little different. Specifically, Hull. Personally, I like the accent here, but it's a minority opinion. EVen most people from here don't like out accent. I don't think there are any I *don't* like though :-)

I've never heard of Jeremiah, is it a TV show? Sounds pretty interesting. I'd definitely reccomend Brandon Sanderson if you're into fantasy stuff, he creates these incredibly complicated worlds with different magical rules and abilities that people have, but writes in this really accessible, non-pretentious way. It's very cool. I kind of stumbled actress his stuff a few years and, and I think I've just about read everything he's written now.