Stan Cullimore

Not to be confused with Stan Collymore.

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

Early life

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. He studied Maths at the University of Hull from 1980, graduating in 1984.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Music

Cullimore 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, Cullimore ran a whole food shop for about five years.

Journalism and writing

Cullimore went on to become a journalist and the author of many children's books.^{[citation needed]} He has written for publications such as the Hull Daily Mail and the Bristol Post.^{[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.