Hearst Magazines UK has announced the launch of British Town & Country, a new biannual luxury magazine produced by the team behind Harper's Bazaar, set to hit newsstands in May.

The magazine will cover high society, fashion and culture, aiming to provide 'an irreplaceable guide to the very best that the world has to offer'. Justine Picardie, Editor-in-Chief of Harper's Bazaar and Town & Country, commented that the magazine 'will offer its readers an intelligent interpretation of the meaning and manners of modern society, with sophisticated design, brilliant writing, literary panache and memorable photography'.