Tart Cards: London's Illicit Advertising Art

by Caroline Archer

How sex workers in London advertise; love them or hate them, they are an intriguing visual slice of English social history.

Genres: Art, Nonfiction

128 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2003

Reviews

[Caroline Mersey · Rating 3 out of 5]

The growth of the internet and mobile phones has meant the death of one of those most typical London sights: the tart card tucked in a Gilbert Scott designed London red telephone box. I remember going on school trips to London where they were collected and swapped like Pannini football stickers. Archer's book is a window into this most intriguing piece of social history.

[Simon Packham · Rating 5 out of 5]

Bought this as research for a new book. Really fascinating - and took me back to 1980s London.