The Times reported this week on the biggest thesaurus in the world, which will be published this autumn after a labour of love spanning five decades.

Work on the Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary began back in 1965.  Funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council has supported the latter stages of the project.  Read the story in The Times here:  http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article6644646.ece