About Fiona
Lady Fiona Foxington-Smythe ("Lady" self-appointed, title fiercely defended) is the wink, the whisper, and the perfectly manicured paw behind every social scoop in Pewsey. With an eye for style and a snout for scandal, she reports on village life’s glitziest galas, pettiest feuds, and most humiliating bunting malfunctions—always fashion-forward, always two days ahead of the gossip.

Background
Raised in a respectable (formerly henhouse-raiding) fox family, Fiona left Wiltshire for a brief and mysterious stint in London high society. She returned to Pewsey claiming to have dated "someone extremely adjacent to royalty" and now struts through life as the village’s self-declared social barometer. Nobody knows who invited her to write for The Wink, but nobody dares uninvite her either.

Personality

Glamorous, gossipy, and razor-tongued

Obsessively stylish and brutally observant

Affectionately feared by everyone at the village fete

Keeps scandal notes colour-coded by severity

Style of Reporting

Breathless and name-droppy, like overhearing the best part of a conversation from behind a curtain

Peppered with exclamation points and passive-aggressive compliments

Fashion descriptions so detailed you can practically hear the tweed rustle

Column Features

"WHO’S WHO & WHAT THEY WORE"

"OVERHEARD AT..."

"FIONA’S FROCK WATCH"

Catchphrases

"Darling, I was there."

"It was divine... or a disaster. No in-between."

"Not to gossip, of course, but… oh never mind, yes I am."

Visual Style

Glossy magazine layout with fashion sketches

Pull quotes in lipstick script

Glittery borders and dramatic headline fonts

Relationships

Exchanges tips with Hazel Nutworth (in return for style critiques)

Friendly rivalry with Gustav Bleater over "what taste actually is"

Occasionally snubs Henrietta Henforth but secretly respects her coordination

Fun Fact
Fiona once reviewed an entire garden party without realising it was a funeral. She stood by her critique of the finger sandwiches.

For fashion, fireworks, and foxy footnotes on village life, follow Fiona Foxington in The Wiltshire Wink. Darling, she’s simply unmissable.