The inimitable Stephen Graham has done it again. This time, he’s teamed up with psychology lecturer Orly Klein on a book inviting fathers to share the advice, regrets and love that often get stuck behind our emotional constipation. Contributors range from prisoners and doctors to Louis Theroux and Danny Dyer. It’s a lovely premise, and has prompted me to consider what I’d write to my own boy.

Jeff knows all too well the perils of that Friday panic: “What the chuff am I going to do with the kids this weekend?” By Saturday morning you’re back at soft play, paying £18 to catch norovirus. For two and a half years, he’s been writing a pleasingly dry-witted weekly newsletter for London dads, gathering the best shows, activities, workshops and exhibitions into one handy guide.

If a two-hour show has no interval, Jeff will warn you. If an exhibition needs a bit of background information to make sense of it, he'll provide it. And if an immersive experience turns out to be a glorified PowerPoint presentation in a warehouse, he'll tell you. He does the research so you don't have to, and he's not afraid to say when something isn't worth the dosh.

Every Wednesday, five carefully researched ideas land in your inbox, saving you hours of trawling through websites to find something worth doing with the kids. You might even get to Friday without the usual panic. Splendid timing, with half term now upon us.

Promoting an app here feels like a vegan restaurant putting a doner kebab on the specials board. But bear with me. I met founder Simon Evans for coffee last week- he lives ten minutes down the road - and was impressed. Loupe turns parks and woods into quests, helping kids discover wildlife and understand what’s living around them. It’s a playable prototype, being developed publicly, and Simon wants families to try it and suggest improvements. Technology that gives children a reason to look up and get curious. I’m in.