Littlewood

Murphy, who passed away at his home in Kent on Sunday morning, worked closely with theatre director Joan Littlewood throughout his early career.

Founded by Joan Littlewood and her partner Gerry Raffles, it was dedicated to modernising theatre and reaching working-class audiences.

Murphy performed in many Shakespeare productions directed by Littlewood, and acted in her only feature film, the kitchen sink comedy Sparrows Can't Sing.

Brian Goodison, an auctioneer at Bearnes Hampton Littlewood Auctioneers, said: "Spherical chicken eggs are quite unusual and there have been people that have paid north of £100 and sometimes £200 for them."

Pop Con director Mark Littlewood, a longtime friend and ally of Ms Truss, told the crowd it also wasn't about seeking to "replicate or replace" existing factions of Tory MPs - groups who've been dubbed the "five families", who, Mr Littlewood said, had modelled themselves on the old school New York mafia.