Laughter comes naturally.And as the protagonists — the eternally beloved Tom and Jerry — turn 85, isn’t it a fine excuse to be a bit nostalgic? That’s eight and a half decades of frying pans, booby ...

The cat wasn’t yet named Tom. The mouse wasn’t yet named Jerry. And the cat-and-mouse chase storyline wasn’t intended to be followed by a series of cartoons featuring the both of ’em.

In chapter seven of the How to Catch a Mouse manual, Tom is told to “be scientific” before once again being outwitted by his nemesis, Jerry. Now, animal behaviour researchers have taken this ...

Tom and Jerry, the cat and mouse cartoon characters with a taste for violence, are set to return to television this Christmas with their first new adventure in more than 30 years. The pair make ...