Viewpoint: Resolving the housing crisis: the role of the engineer

This month's letters consider the restoration of Notre-Dame cathedral, the rising cost of insurance cover for engineers, subsidence terminology in insurance reports, lateral stability and other topics.

This jokey-styled book relating the history of Tower Bridge is most appealing in its illustrations, which offer both delight and technical interest, finds Angus Low.

Nick von Behr enjoys this well-illustrated new history of Tower Bridge, covering its construction and life in operation, which will appeal to a broad general audience.