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A remote white cottage with a slate roof sits on a rugged green outcrop by the sea
Opinion
4-minute read

Back to the source

Novelist Emma Donoghue has travelled far and wide, but her heart always returns to her native Ireland

Ade Adepitan in a yellow vest with Aspen logo in front of a colourful montage of holiday locations
Opinion
4-minute read

How I travel with a wheelchair

Paralympian basketball player and BBC TV presenter Ade Adepitan talks dreams, destinations and diversity in his 30 years of travel

Close-up of Charley Boorman and Ewan McGregor posing with their bikes
Inspiration
4-minute read

A love letter to road trips

Explorer, actor, filmmaker and motorbike aficionado Charley Boorman waxes lyrical about his love of road trips

White sand banks and forested islets punctuate turquoise waters with a solitary boat in view
Inspiration
1-minute read

Photo journal: The Caribbean

Photographer Cedric Angeles takes High Life on a visual tour of some of the Caribbean's most beautiful spots

Orange, pink and yellow house fronts with white balustrades and stucco
Inspiration
5-minute read

10,000 step city guide: Cape Town

Cape Town’s bustling central business district (CBD) is the heartbeat of the city, and it’s totally doable on foot

A jimador worker in a wide-brimmed hat stands in a field of cactus-like agave in Mexico
Promotion
4-minute read

The rise and rise of tequila

Tequila is no longer lime-salt-hangover-regret territory but gaining a reputation as premium spirit. High Life found out why

A figure in yellow ski gear slaloms between snow drifts on a rocky mountaintop
Inspiration
4-minute read

The best European ski slopes

Olympic skier Chemmy Alcott explores her favourite pistes and powder throughout Europe

Dish of two squid ink rigatoni with radishes and peas in a minestrone broth
UK & Ireland
3-minute read

Delicious dining around the UK

From Cornish coaching inns to Scottish baronial castles, here are our favourite dining hotspots from around the UK this month

Brightly coloured illustration of Lola amongst various imagery including pyramids, a young boy with a straw hat, a car, a old man riding a bike and an asian temple
Opinion
5-minute read

How I travel as a Black woman

Award-winning writer and photographer Lola Akinmade Åkerström describes the highs and lows of skin-deep encounters across the world

People walking through an exhibition
UK & Ireland
4-minute read

The Brit List

Mini-skirts, movie nights and The Mayflower – here’s the best of Britain this month

Inspiration
5-minute read

10,000 step city guide: Amsterdam

Delve into the historic nooks and crannies of one of Europe’s most eclectic cities with our step-by-step guide to the capital of the Netherlands

A view of white rocks next to the sea with a woman standing in the middle
Travel Stories
4-minute read

What does it mean to escape?

Explorer, traveller and wanderlust wonder woman Christina Dodwell shares her experiences of life in lockdown