I am a lecturer in biological sciences in the Department of Applied Health Studies, University of Hull, and am currently engaged in research in the field of chemical and sensory ecology. The current interdisciplinary project, for which I am the principal investigator, examines the relationship between odour profiles of droppings from sick and healthy hedgehogs, and the level of attractiveness of these odours to ticks.

The book Music Makes a Difference was written following a five-year period working using music sessions to try to improve life quality and communication skills amongst people with learning disabilities throughout the Yorkshire region.

Having worked as a semi-professional folk musician for several years, the ability to play the guitar, fiddle, Appalachian dulcimer and hurdy gurdy was an advantage, but not critical, for the would-be music therapist. As care in the community gradually became a reality, it was suggested that I record my experiences and knowledge for use by others hoping to use music in similar ways in community homes. Hopefully, the resulting book will serve its purpose.

I am also committed to caring for as many sick hedgehogs as time will permit, taking the majority of those admitted to York RSPCA, restoring them to health, then releasing them into the wild. This work has produced much data which hopefully will reveal the incidence of various diseases, and the factors most likely to produce a rapid return to full health. The data has been collected as a result of keeping full and detailed records of each and every hedgehog that has come into my care. The weight of each animal was sytematically recorded as weight changes provide the biggest single clue to possible changes in health/immune status, indicating the need for further/new treatment. It is intended to make available any useful information to aid hedgehog care and in some small, but significant, way attempt to redress the balance so drastically upset by the 100,000 hedgehogs killed each year on Britain's roads.

Complete List of Articles

The Effect of 'Healing with Intent' on Peak Expiratory Flow Rates in Asthmatics
The above article was originally published in the International Journal of Subtle Energies and Energy Medicine, Volume 13, No. 1, pages 75 - 89.

The Assessment of British Hedgehog [Erinaceus europaeus] Casualties on Arrival and Determination of Optimum Release Weights Using a New Index
The above article was originally published in the Journal of Wildlife Rehabilitation 25 (4):11-21, 2002

The incidence of disease and injury in displaced wild hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus)
Originally published in the journal LUTRA Volume 44, Number 1, September 2001, pages 3 -14.

Bunnell T. 2001.:The Importance of Faecal Indices in Assessing Gastrointestinal Parasite Infestation and Bacterial Infection in the Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus)
Originally published in the Journal of Wildlife Rehabilitation 24 (2):13-17

Rehabilitation of wild hedgehogs
Treatment for ringworm and sarcoptic mange in the hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus): article published in The Rehabilitator, British Wildlife Rehabilitation Council, Newsletter 30, Winter 2000

Rehabilitation of wild hedgehogs
An effective, harmless treatment for tick (Ixodes hexagonus) infestation in the hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus): paper originally published in the Journal of the American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association, January-March 2001, Volume 19, No. 4, pages 25-26

Tea Tree Antiseptic Cream: A new treatment for ringworm and sarcoptic mange in the hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus): paper published in the Journal of the Holistic Veterinary Medical Association, July-August 2000, Vol. 19, No. 2, pages 29-31

Healing with Intent, an article published in Network, the Scientific and Medical Network Review, No. 73, August 2000

The effects of hands-on healing on enzyme activity is a paper presented at the Annual Symposium on Complementary Health Care held in Exeter, UK in December 1996, and published in abstract form in the associated journal

A Tentative Mechanism for Healing originally published in Positive Health, Issue 23, December 1997, summarizes the latest research into the effects of healing with intent/laying- on-of-hands/reiki/faith healing/therapeutic touch/psychic healing and polarity therapy. Based on scientific studies, it suggests a theory for how healing with intent might possibly work.

Susceptibility of juvenile hedgehogs to disease: some observations is an article originally published in Imprint, the newsletter of the Yorkshire Mammal Group based in York, UK

Music Makes a Difference: A Practical Guide to Developing Music Sessions with People with Learning Disabilities

The Effect of 'Healing with Intent' on Pepsin Enzyme Activity - Journal of Scientific Exploration, Vol.13, No.2, pp. 139-148, 1999 [published paper]