They are, in their boringness, strangely beautiful. They are funny, nostalgic, and utterly eccentric. Their banality fascinates. Actually, they're not boring at all.-Big Issue
Far from dull, Parr's book is a strangely compelling commentary on post-war British architecture, social life and identity.-Independent on Sunday
Exquisitely tedious visual gems.-World of Interiors
The funniest book [of the year] has been Boring Postcards by Martin Parr, which I keep on the kitchen table and chortle over during breakfast. This sends my cornflakes flying.-Charlotte Cory, Independent
Brilliant.-Evening Standard
Individually, the cards are a kitsch hoot; collectively, they re-create not only the appearance but the spirit and soul of a Britain that vanished for ever somewhere around the 1970s... Parr's 'boring postcards' give meaning to a wistful phrase much beloved of recent prime ministers. They show the last time Britain really was, for better or worse, a nation at ease with itself. Look back and mourn.-The Sunday Times
Martin Parr's daringly dull collection of 160 coma-inducing postcards from the edge of common sense. Yes, they're funny. But they also reveal a view of the UK in the period from the '50s to the '70s, when road-building and fast development looked like signs of a healthy future.-Time Out
Individually each of the postcards more than meet the requirements of the book's title - yes, these are ludicrously boring places - but as whole they make a compelling collection.-Dazed & Confused
Compelling, humourous and highly entertaining...-Dudley & District Chronicle
Masterpiece of mundaneness...-Cumberland Evening News & Star
Excruciatingly bland...-BBC Top Gea
Groovy, baby.-Time
A boring magical mystery tour round the British Isles... Already influential as a record of British social history, the collection of postcards has been bequeathed by Martin Parr to the Victoria and Albert Museum.'-Kent Messenger
A fascinating insight into the weird and wonderful world of wish your were where - and you can guarantee it won't be here... Intriguing... -City Life, Manchester
Top of the class... Its blend of pathos and bathos is hilarious. It fills the onlooker with Christmas spirit: that's to say, nostalgia, revulsion, hysteria and delight.-Evening Standard
I have become obsessed with a book called
Boring Postcards ... there is nothing boring about the hundred or so postcards taken from the collection of Martin Parr. The captions alone make fabulous reading... -
Building DesignBoring Postcards has itself become collectable. The first edition sold out within weeks and the reprint has now also sold out... Silly and poignant.-Tribune
For Proust, it was madeleines. For some of us, it might be these wonderful images from Martin Parr's Boring Postcards... A richly comic journey... A quirky set of glimpses into different worlds that prove, cumulatively, strangely touching.-Independent
Strangely compelling... A little slice of history.-OK!
Does exactly what it says on the tin.-Romsey Advertiser