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Running for just six nights over the next two weeks, this brand new incarnation of the London cabaret scene's much-loved get-together sees them take on a venue as idiosyncratic as some of their performers – the Old Vic Tunnels, otherwise known as the characterful vaults beneath Waterloo train station.

Clubs picks of the week 2011

Two examples, from her impressive "Transformation" disc, are the pianist's soulful performance of Domenico Scarlatti's Sonata in F Minor and her sprightly, exceptionally characterful transversal of Igor Stravinsky's Three Movements From "Petrushka," a transcription based on his ballet score.

The Fast and the Serious Barbara Jepson 2011

That's a shame: works such as the Op 5 Impromptus, the Albumblätter Op 124 and all eight of the Noveletten Op 21 aren't recorded often, and need more characterful interpreters than Pescia.

Schumann: Carnaval; Impromptus Op 5; Noveletten Op 21, etc – review 2011

Ms. Occhipinti has received much critical praise for characterful reds such as this Nero d'Avola-Frappato blend, which features lots of crunchy red fruit with a pleasingly earthy undertone.

Judging a Wine by What It Wears Lettie Teague 2011

Spare, probing, intense and extraordinarily characterful, Tuur's compositions work on an almost physical level, using insistent gestures to build structures of sound that are both powerful and deeply moving - and even, in the case of the final piece, downright exalting.

Music review: Erkki-Sven Tuur and the New Tallinn Trio at the Phillips Collection 2011

They're just more characterful, somehow, and the texture of the top is more varied, and thus interesting.

How to cook perfect cheese soufflé 2011

One of the owners is Colombian and the Botero prints and other South American knick-knacks all add to its characterful appeal.

10 of the best pensiónes in Barcelona 2011

Lunch is at the characterful restaurant Maison Rouge (9, rue des Ecoles, Colmar, +33 3 8923 5322), where I'll tuck into a salad of the local Munster cheese, or a delicious tarte flambée, before walking it off along the canal in the area known as Petite Venise (Little Venice).

Classic France: the insiders' guide 2011

Abergavenny Bookshop1 High Street, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire NP7 5RY, 01873 850380A characterful and intimate space with a strong selection of general books covering fiction, travel, gardening, food and drink, as well as a well-stocked children's section located at the back.

Independent bookshops in Wales 2011

I'm not a huge fan of London -- I come from the Midlands and we are suspicious of it -- but it was far more characterful in past years and it's becoming a parody of itself in some areas, which is a shame.

Ebert on Jermyn Street deliasherman 2010