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

The beautiful medieval illustrated manuscripts of Europe were carefully inked on parchment; animal hides crafted into something resembling modern paper. Called "uterine vellum,” records hinted it ...

Parliament in London has written its laws down on vellum parchment since it was first summoned in 1264. But that is all set to end on April 1, when it switches to parchment paper. What’s the ...

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" ...