CLOUD MAGAZINE

The new Cloud – the exclusive lifestyle magazine from Air Charter Service – has arrived and it’s time to go full speed ahead.

Editor James Day takes Princess Yachts’ gorgeous R35 for a spin off the south of France – it’s a tough job, but someone has to do it… – and gets under the skin of a radical sports boat that’s designed to capture the imagination of an entire generation of millennial mariners.

But if you prefer to keep your feet on dry land, the rise of sneaker culture means odds are they’re perched in a pair of trainers – or sneakers, as American preference had it. Guy Bird puts his best foot forward and sprints off after the fashion phenomenon from its sporting origins to global domination.

We’d bet good money on R&B royalty Raphael Saadiq owning a walk-in wardrobe full of great shoes – the man clearly knows how to dress. Fortunately, music journalist Arwa Haider chose a far more insightful line of questioning when quizzing him about his deeply personal new album and the destinations that set his heart racing.

But what about destinations where you can just kick back and relax? Claire Price explores a very special eco-resort on the Mexican coast where you can check out of your hectic modern lifestyle and check into an idyllic oasis set amid a 30,000-acre nature reserve – Cuixmala.

From one ideal to another, what is it about some collaborations – artistic, scientific, professional, personal, take your pick – that means they create something greater than the sum of their parts? Mike Waters enlists Ben and Jerry, the pioneers behind the Rolls-Royce marque and the grumpy British alter ego of the Coen Brothers to find out.

Lastly – but only chronologically so! – science writer Victoria Woollaston explores the story of time itself. There’s already been an interesting mix of Sumerian numerics, Babylonian astronomy and Greek mathematics and it’s even not over yet, so what might happen next?

All this and more awaits you, so enjoy the view from above with Cloud.

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