Stan Cullimore

English musician, author and composer

Not to be confused with Stan Collymore.

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Ian Peter Cullimore is an English musician, journalist and actor. He played guitar, between 1983 and 1988, for the Hull-based indie rock band The Housemartins.

## Early life

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He was born in Stapleford, Cambridgeshire. He moved to Birmingham, where he went to school at King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys, a state grammar school. His father was a university lecturer, and his mother was a piano teacher. He took a gap year.

He studied Maths at the University of Hull from 1980, graduating in 1984. He was a member of the University of Hull team that were runners up in the 2014 Christmas University Challenge.

## Career

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### Music

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He responded to a local newspaper advertisement by The Housemartins singer Paul Heaton seeking musicians in 1983. Most of the band's songs were written by Heaton and Cullimore. After leaving the band, he ran a whole food shop for about five years. He has performed on Songs from the Shed, which was published on its YouTube Channel.

### Journalism and writing

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Cullimore went on to become a journalist and author of over 120 children's books.[citation needed] He has written for publications such as the Daily Mail, the Hull Daily Mail and the Bristol Post.[citation needed] He also composes music and songs for children's television.[citation needed] In 2009, he co-wrote and appeared in a preschool music series called The Bopps for Nick Jr UK, which aired in April 2010.[citation needed]

He began working as a journalist in 2014 and wrote a column in a local Bristol paper.[1] Alongside this he has been working with AuthorsAbroad,[2] teaching young children creative writing and music.

## References

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1. ^ "Urban Grandad". Bristol Post. 28 September 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.[permanent dead link‍]
2. ^ "Authors Abroad". Authors Abroad. 28 September 2016. Archived from the original on 2 October 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2016.

## External links

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* Cullimore's website
* Stan Cullimore at IMDb
* Books for Keeps article

* Children's literature portal

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The Housemartins

* Norman Cook
* Stan Cullimore
* Paul Heaton
* Dave Hemingway
* Ted Key
* Hugh Whitaker

Studio albums|

* London 0 Hull 4
* The People Who Grinned Themselves to Death

Live albums|

* Live at the BBC

Compilations|

* Now That's What I Call Quite Good
* Soup
* Happy Hour: The Collection

Singles|

* "Flag Day"
* "Sheep"
* "Happy Hour"
* "Think for a Minute"
* "Caravan of Love"
* "Five Get Over Excited"
* "Me and the Farmer"
* "Build"
* "There Is Always Something There to Remind Me"

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI
* VIAF

National|

* France
* BnF data
* Spain

Artists|

* MusicBrainz

Other|

* IdRef
* SNAC

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