What to do on national #4pmfinish day

By Helena Kealey on 29/7/2016

It's national 4pm finish day! Forget the to-do list, leave the photocopying and prepare to launch yourself onto the best of London whilst everyone is tied to their desks

Proms 18 & 19, Royal Albert Hall

On your marks, get set, go! Off to the Royal Albert Hall to get your hands on these 'Super Friday' tickets to a Bernard Haitink conducted performance of Mahler's Symphony No 3 followed by a David Bowie prom special featuring musicians' collective s t a r g a z e. Click here for our 2016 prom guide on everything you need to know

WHEN

On 29 Jul 2016, David Bowie tribute Prom follows, 10:15PM-11:45PM

WHERE

Royal Albert Hall
Kensington Gore, London, SW7 2AP

Untitled, c.1975 (Marcia Hare in Memphis, Tennessee) by William Eggleston © Eggleston Artistic Trust

William Eggleston portraits, National Portrait Gallery ★★★★★

Catapult yourself into the slow rhythm of an erstwhile American South with this majestic photography exhibition at the National Picture Gallery. Beat the crowds and indulge in the heightened, frenzied colour palette from a hot and distant land in peace this Friday

WHEN

21 Jul 2016 – 23 Oct 2016, Opening hours Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday: 10.00 – 18.00, Late Opening: Thursday, Friday: 10.00 – 21.00

WHERE

National Portrait Gallery
St Martin's Place, London, WC2H 0HE

The Barbary Covent Garden restaurant review ★★★★★

Enjoy an early supper in our restaurant of the moment: The Barbary in Covent Garden offers small plates broken down into baking & grinding, earth, sea and land that mixes Israeli comfort food with warm Mediterranean flavours. We can't get enough

WHEN

06 Jun 2016 – 10 Jun 2017, 12:00 PM – 11:00 PM

WHERE

The Barbary
16 Neal's Yard, Seven Dials, London , WC2H 9DP

All the Eternal Love I Have for the Pumpkins, 2016 Installation, Yayoi Kusama 25 May – 30 July 2016 Victoria Miro, 16 Wharf Road, London, N1 7RW

Yayoi Kusama review, Victoria Miro ★★★★★

"Rise above the clouds and climb the stairs to Heaven" with Yayoi Kusama's infinite kaleidoscopic cosmos in Victoria Miro. Since her 2012 Tate Modern retrospective London has been dotty for Kusama - and for very good reason. Explore psychedelic and hallucinatory worlds with her this Friday

WHEN

25 May 2016 – 30 Jul 2016, 10:00:00 - 18:00:00 Open Tuesday - Saturday

WHERE

Victoria Miro
16 Wharf Road , London, N1 7RW

Raquel Zimmermann for Isabel Marant Spring 2016 Ad Campaign

Shop at Bluebird, Sample Sale

Shop at Bluebird is hosting its highly-anticipated 80% offsummer sample sale in The Music Room with essential fashion pieces from Helmut Lang and Isabel Marant, and homeware from Tom Dixon. Get over there whilst the rest of London's shoppers are still at their desks

WHEN

28 Jul 2016 – 30 Jul 2016, Times vary; 28th July 10am-9pm, 29th July 8am-9pm, 30th July 10am-7pm

WHERE

The Music Room
Mayfair, 26 S Molton Lane, , London, W1K 5LF