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One of the best dictionaries to suit your requirements is the Oxford Dictionary of English (ODE) - this is a single volume as opposed to the multi-volume Oxford English Dictionary(OED).

It contains 12,000 encyclopaedic entries and is available from Amazon for £23.49

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Oxford-Dictionary-English-Dictionaries/dp/0199571120/ref=tmm_hrd_title_0">Oxford Dictionary of English

Thanks AT

I'll do that.

Thank you Big Dave.

For what it's worth, I have the 30th anniversary edition and it contains the usual geographical proper names as before, as well as writers such as Horace, Wordsworth, Mark Twain et al.

Al who?

(arf-arf!)

JimC

Very famous person is et al - he's written loads of stuff.

go for Chambers - much better

If you read this thread from the start you will see that Rosie wants a Collins dictionary that contains proper nouns; Chambers lasrgely does not do this.

Would suggest Chambers and Pears Cyclopedia.