Update 15/11/14: Hello Eric Lampaert fan. A lot of people have been coming this is page recently but I don't know why as it is an old piece. A great piece about Eric, but an old piece. If you could send the link which mentions this page to [email protected] I would be very grateful. Thanks, Bruce Dessau, Editor.

Sometimes small can be, well, if not beautiful, then quite fun. I’ve recently been enjoying presenter Alex Zane’s stand-up show on London Live, Funny Rotten Scoundrels. It’s certainly no Live at the Apollo and it does not really feature household names but that sort of works in its favour. It makes a change from the ubiquitous Widdicombes, Walshes and O’Briains. They are lovely, of course, but they might as well share a cab as they shuttle from 8 out of 10 Cats to Mock the Week to QI. Funny Rotten Scoundrels, filmed at the Century Club, has trawled the circuit and come up with some refreshingly different acts. One of those is Eric Lampaert, who has a likeable oddness about him. A little bit Paul Foot, a tiny bit Noel Fielding. He looks like a wasted Russell Brand and delivers an amiably quirky view of life. The last routine I saw him do was a rap about the strange lump on the back of his head that neanderthal man also had – "I'm a mixed race fossil". Now that’s something you don’t hear every day. I’m sure his set on London Live will be repeated, but if you can’t get the channel he warms up for Edinburgh with Ellie Taylor tonight at the Grove in Hammersmith.

Eric Lampaert is at the Laughing Horse at the Counting House from August 1 - 23. Details here.