Taste of high living for artist's Last Supper on edge of a cliff

But for 12 guests including former Cabinet minister Clare Short, Yorkshire landscape photographer Joe Cornish and Michelin-starred chef James Mackenzie, a specially arranged meal at Knipe Point, Scarborough, proved to be the perfect dinner destination.

The event, called the Last Supper, was organised by Scarborough artist Kane Cunningham, who owns a 300,000 bungalow just three feet from the cliff edge soon to be gobbled up by the sea.

Mr Cunningham held the event to raise awareness of climate change and sustainable living and has recorded the dinner for a display at Scarborough Art Gallery next year.

Ms Short, a Birmingham MP who resigned from Tony Blair's cabinet in 2003, said: "It was a wonderfully quirky event and not the sort I usually attend.

"The view was breathtaking and a very stark reminder of the power of nature and that we have got to change the way we live."

Guests enjoyed Scarborough Woof, a type of catfish, Yorkshire Wolds mutton hotpot and a Yorkshire rhubarb trifle, cooked by Mr Mackenzie of the Pipe and Glass, South Dalton.