Oxford graduate, top model, public speaker – this Derbyshire woman’s done it all

Lydia Slack

Not every Peakland farmer’s daughter gets a degree at Oxford, becomes a UN intern, a catwalk model and a sought-after public speaker… but Lydia Slack has. Amy Norbury reports.

TODAY, LIFE FOR LYDIA SLACK couldn’t be much further from her upbringing on a remote farm in the High Peak. The acclaimed public speaker, former UN intern and runway model has come a long way from a childhood dominated by the traditions of rural life…