From kayaking between icebergs in Iceland to a Pyrenean hideaway, our tipsters know how to get away from it all
• Tell us where to go for late summer sun – the best tip wins a £200 holiday voucher

One of the most magical places I’ve been is Lake Saimaa in eastern Finland – a huge labyrinth of islands and tranquil forests where you don’t come across many people. We rented a lakeside cabin (typically they cost from about €100 a night, sleeping two) and watched the midnight sun shimmer across peaceful waters. Days were spent kayaking between uninhabited islets or hiking pine-scented trails, with only the call of black-throated divers (or loons) for company. We visited the Linnansaari national park on an archipelago in the middle of the vast lake (the largest in Finland and fourth largest freshwater lake in Europe), where encounters with rare Saimaa ringed seals await. It’s nature’s embrace at its purest – remote, quiet and utterly rejuvenating.
Anthony

Cecilie Fjellhøy turns scumbag-sleuth as she investigates romance scammers, and Jenna Ortega is back as the lovable, deadpan, death-obsessed teen

Cecilie Fjellhøy turns scumbag-sleuth as she investigates romance scammers, and Jenna Ortega is back as the lovable, deadpan, death-obsessed teen

From an edgy London property on the Thames to a village home in Cheshire

From an edgy London property on the Thames to a village home in Cheshire

When anti-asylum demonstrations have so much support from the mainstream, a smarter, more tailored message is needed

• David Renton is the author of The New Authoritarians: Convergence on the Right

Earlier this month, I helped organise a protest to defend the refugees holed up at the Thistle City Barbican hotel in London. We mobilised 800 people to support the asylum seekers, who waved back at us from the hotel to show their gratitude. On the other side of the road, about 250 people had gathered to demand the hotel be closed. Speakers there called refugees “illegal”, “invaders” and “parasites”.

Seeing and hearing our opponents, the anti-racists responded with a spontaneous chant of “Nazi scum, off our streets”, which our side was able to sustain for more than an hour. I understand why people wanted to express their contempt for the people who tell lies about refugees, but the chant didn’t strike me as effective when I heard it, and the more I have thought about it since, the more convinced I am that it was the wrong strategy.