In the past, vellum described a writing surface made from animal hides. The vellum was sometimes slightly transparent, and that use of the term remains in use today. Vellum, a favorite paper among ...

Traditionally, vellum refers to a specific parchment made from animal skin—typically of a calf, goat, or sheep—that has been carefully cleaned, scratched, and cured. As the papermaking industry ...

Christopher Hope was the Telegraph's Associate Editor (Politics) and is now the political Editor of GB News. He writes the Peterborough diary — published every Friday at 7pm. You can find him on ...

Cabinet Office to offer to pay cost of continuing to use goat and calf skin after peers called for switch to archive paper The 1,000-year-old practice of recording laws on goat and calf skin may be ...

A centuries-old tradition of recording copies of Parliament's laws on calf skin will continue, a minister has said, after peers signalled its end. Matt Hancock said the technique was "cost-effective" ...