Judi Dench Honour (CH) in the 2005 Birthday Honours. In June 2011, she became a fellow of the British Film Institute (BFI). In a biography by John Miller it was noted that in the late 1990s Dench was the patron of over 180 charities, many of which were related either to the theatre or to medical causes, for example York Against Cancer. Dench is a patron of the Leaveners, Friends School Saffron Walden, The Archway Theatre, Horley, Surrey and OnePlusOne Marriage and Partnership Research, London. She became president of Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in London in 2006, taking over from Sir
Peter Dench them think, then to me that's a fine way to live. The Visa pour l'image photojournalism festival in Perpignan, France, has screened Dench's work five times (including "Carry On England" in 2009) and given it one full exhibition. Dench was described in 2011 as a contributing editor of "Hungry Eye" magazine and creative director of the White Cloth Gallery in Leeds, which he founded with co-creative director Sharon Price. He was a contributor to "Professional Photographer" magazine podcasts 1 to 13 in 2010/2011. His monthly 'Dench Diary' appeared in "Professional Photographer" in 2010/2011 and in "Hungry Eye" from 2011 to