Tom Lamont

@tomlamont

Journalist // tom dot lamont dot freelance at theguardian dot com // novel GOING HOME coming from @SceptreBooks // literary agent Jane Finigan @LandRAgency

linktr.ee/tomlamont Joined December 2009

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Tom Lamont @tomlamont Apr 22, 2024

David has been an influence and a lodestar ever since I read those first intoxicating lines of Frobisher in chap 3 of Cloud Atlas. He enlarged my understanding of what's possible and permitted in fiction, ie anything, as long as it's careful, unboring, FELT. Bowled over by this

David Mitchell @david_mitchell Apr 22, 2024

Just finished @tomlamont's fine & spirit-lifting debut novel of friendship, fatherhood, growth and forgiveness. A bluff song of praise to North London, peopled by engaging, fallible characters, and rich in glinting turns of phrase. @SceptreBooks.

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Tom Lamont @tomlamont Feb 22, 2025

Paperback -3wks… pre-order GOING HOME through Waterstones dot com this weekend and get 25% off with code PREORDER25… then wait for it arrive from on your doorstep, hot and orange, on March 13th. Tx

waterstones.com/book/going-hom…

Tom Lamont @tomlamont Oct 24, 2024

I wrote a new longreAARRGGGHH!

All about rollercoaAARRGGGHH!

theguardian.com/travel/2024/oc…

With thanks to the ride creators and obsessives who contributed, also @ClareLongrigg for the idea and the edit

www.theguardian.com The rollercoaster king: the man behind the UK’s fastest thrill-ride The long read: John Burton was just 27 when he was put in charge of creating Thorpe Park’s biggest-ever project. Once too scared to go on rides himself, how did he become the architect of so many...

Tom Lamont @tomlamont Oct 23, 2024

Ten years since @gdnlongread launched—! Proud to have been a part of @jonathanshainin + @ClareLongrigg + @davidedgarwolf ’s amazing run. Excited to have a new one out tomorrow (about rollercoasters? Clare’s idea)

The Guardian Long Read @gdnlongread Oct 23, 2024

Tomorrow we're publishing a new piece by @tomlamont. Here are a few of our favourite of his pieces from our archive:

1. The invisible city: how a homeless man built a life underground theguardian.com/news/2020/mar/…
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Tom Lamont @tomlamont Oct 17, 2024

Elmhirst + competitive hedge trimming. Finally.

Sophie Elmhirst @SophieElmhirst Oct 17, 2024

If you've ever wondered about topiary, or if someone has ever made a tableau of Moby-Dick out of their hedge, or if there is a competition for topiarists run by a high-end ladder company, then this is the piece for you! For @NewYorker newyorker.com/news/letter-fr…
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