CLOUD MAGAZINE

The new Cloud – the exclusive lifestyle magazine from Air Charter Service is all about discovery. Whether it’s new worlds, new nations, new resorts or new ways to stay fit, the aim is very much to inspire.

Editor James Day has had a fascination with life beneath the waves ever since watching the Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me, so there was only one choice over who would get to interview the underwater sculptor and artistic activist Jason DeCaires Taylor. Fresh from installing unique artwork in the Great Barrier Reef that will help preserve marine life for future generations, the artist is a remarkable and engaging creative voice.

In another triumph of preservation and recovery, the famous renaissance of vinyl is a real success story and Guy Bird goes in search of where it is thriving around the world. The self-confessed aficionado happily dives into record shops in the coolest parts of town to find some real hidden gems.

Soundtrack sorted, it’s time to hit the gym. But, with cryogenic treatments and hypoxic chambers, the health clubs that an adventurous Lucie Muir checks out go far beyond the ordinary. How does a brisk spell at -110˚C for the good of your health sound?

Sticking with the extraordinary, Jimi Famurewa talks to the unstoppable entrepreneur Sharan Pasricha to find out more about chocolate-related brainwaves, being burned in effigy because of an Indian lederhosen factory, his restoration of Scotland’s world-famous Gleneagles estate and the spectacular global growth of his Hoxton hotel brand.

Meanwhile, Jessica Bennett explores the tiny private island of Pamalican amid the Sulu Sea off the coast of the Philippines and finds a peaceful haven complete with white sandy beaches, its own astronomical telescope, a world-class spa, pristine coral reefs and turquoise waters that you’ll want to try for yourself the moment you see them. It’s a tough job, but someone had to do it…

And finally, the newly ennobled Lord Michael Waters (who has the paperwork to prove it!) goes in search of the jokers in the pack of geopolitics – micronations. Whether prank, paradise or pandemonium, they offer the intrepid traveller who thought they’d seen it all a story to tell and, perhaps, the opportunity to pick up a heraldic title or two along the way.

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

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