I’ve come back to Tokyo after two months in Manchester to too much food. We already had too much food when I left, but now we have even more.

One of my aims for this year is to eat down our food supplies (read hoard). In modern life many of us have everything we need and much more. Many of us live in a world of abundance. Yet at the same time, there are many in our societies who have too little and need more.

We rarely waste food. I was brought up by my mum who was very good ...