Paul Dennison Author

Dr Paul Dennison MBA was born in New Zealand and studied at Otago University. Paul is an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Greenwich and a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA) in York. He has been a long-distance walker and mountaineer most of his life. Paul is married to Maddie and they love walking the Sussex vineyard routes.

Dr Maddie Blackburn OBE grew up in Yorkshire where she loved walking the moors and dales. She studied and worked in London as a solicitor, senior health professional and academic with a background in nursing, midwifery, health visiting, policy development, research, law and inspection. She is an Honorary Research Scholar at Nottingham Trent University and was awarded an OBE for services to people with life-shortening conditions in 2025.