Nigel Farage posed with a newspaper in Clacton and of all the many comebacks this one screamed loudest

Sir Ian McKellen’s hilarious story about the late Dame Maggie Smith is the best 48 seconds you’ll spend today

Donald Trump said he had a ‘very good relationship with President Putin’ and Volodymyr Zelenskyy surely spoke for everyone

Dame Maggie Smith’s death aged 89 sent this fabulously straight-talking exchange with Judi Dench viral and it’s just wonderful

People are sharing the ‘Britishisms’ that simply don’t travel overseas – 15 words and phrases lost in translation

‘What will the current generation never get to experience that was actually pretty cool?’ – 21 old-school joys

13 of the funniest and most brutal comebacks that went viral this week

People are sharing their ‘most radical positions that cannot be placed on the left-right political spectrum’ – 17 manifesto must-haves

This “drop off area” in Primark for men waiting for their partners is either entirely grim or the future of shopping

The twist in the tale of this apprentice’s day gone horribly wrong was just the content we needed today

25 Favourite Funny Tweets of the Week

Melania Trump was asked what she wished people knew about Donald Trump and you’ll be hollering into next week

Reform UK chair Zia Yusuf was asked to be specific on Question Time and his answer neatly distilled the essence of the party in one minute flat

Facepalms all round as Donald Trump says other countries want to kill him because he’s bringing back the US furniture trade

A bigoted troll questioned how this woman got into Oxford and her first class comeback was simply magnificent

20 times the excellent @jasemonkey made everyone’s timelines a whole lot funnier

The genius that came up with this funny mattress advert deserves an award

This short clip from Ellen DeGeneres’ self-pity special has had people scratching their heads