Candy Adkins B.Ed. Has been a mainstream teacher, a Special Needs teacher, a College Lecturer and a business woman, but not necessarily in that order! She is on the ATA Association Committee dedicated to keeping their WW2 stories alive and is
an affiliate member of the RAF Women Officers Association. When not Travelling around giving inspirational talks to interesting people she is on the TAOS Musical Theatre Committee. Through her WW2 Women and War talks she has been
interviewed on Antiques Road Show, The Today Programme Radio 4, Michael Portillo’s Programme Virgin Radio, BBC New Breakfast, Sky News, BBC South West, ITV West Country, BBC Wales, Q.I., Bargain Hunt, with Podcasts for RAF
Histories and Sara Millican Podcast Standard Issue at The Imperial War Museum.

Candy is married to Creative Director Mark Adkins BA (Hons) with whom she shares a love of art and creativity.

Mark Adkins studied at Chelsea School of Art and the LCP (University of the Arts London), and went on to a career in advertising devising award winning television commercials, press ads and posters for many of the world’s leading brands. More
recently he has been concentrating on his own fine art projects exhibiting in London and the South West, helped found an annual arts festival in Taunton and became a founding director of Go Create who promote art in the community.

Candy has written the forward in the reprinting of her mother’s book “Spitfire Girl my life in the Sky” by Jackie Moggridge published by Head of Zeus, and is currently at home in Taunton Somerset writing a series of Pilot Jackie stories for children. The Up Up and Away series brings the true story of the adventures of WW2 ATA pilot and first woman Airline Captain Jackie to inspire girls to follow their dreams.