Charles Fernyhough and Tim Parks in discussion on materialism, experience and the existential phenomenon that - in Tim's words - dogs live in a world of pleasure beyond anything we know.

Questions from the Medicine Unboxed 2012 audience for Rhidian Brook and Richard Holloway on religious conviction and patient care, the nature of truth and hope, and the role of 'consoling fiction' in managing conversations about death.

Richard Horton, Colin Leys, Clare Short and Matthew Flinders deliver short position statements on health and justice at Medicine Unboxed 2012.

From the starting point that the 21st century will be defined by the management of public expectations, Professor Matthew Flinders argues that some parts of society have become democratically decadent - better at expressing their rights rather than demonstrating their responsibilities. He invites us to step into the arena and make a difference - rather than heckling from the sidelines.

Questions for Colin Leys, Clare Short, Richard Horton and Matthew Flinders on the need for time in health, the collection and use of information, the market-led NHS, the medical media and how to take effective action in the public sector.

Questions for Charles Fernyhough and Tim Parks from the Medicine Unboxed audience - on alternative medicine, Christianity and role of the physical, spiritual and emotional in mental illness.

Questions from the audience for Richard Horton, Iona Heath and Jane Macnaughton on the role of health economics, medical science, the question of valid knowledge in medicine and the nature of communication between doctor and patient.

Adam Kay choruses Medicine Unboxed on anaesthetists and the machine that goes beep, the perils of smoking, the downside of stammering and Iranian Men.

John Burnside reading 'First SIgns of Ageing' for Medicine Unboxed 2012.

John Burnside reading 'Hall of Mirrors 1964' for Medicine Unboxed 2012.