LIFT Festival presents The Empathy Crisis: Join Lucy Neal in conversation with writers, campaigners and artists focused on empathy’s survival in an increasingly individualistic world.

As an early instalment to June’s #LIFT2016 festival, The Empathy Crisis will take place this Wednesday at Shoreditch House, as part of Soho House’s Event Programme LIFT Artistic Director Mark Ball believes the festival is “a fantastic workout for your empathy muscles” in an age where our ability to empathise, to see and understand the world through the eyes of others, is being diminished.

Beginning at 7pm, LIFT co-founder Lucy Neal will lead the discussions with LIFT artistic director Mark Ball, chairman of iTV and Arts Council England and the author of a forthcoming publication on empathy and public policy, Sir Peter Bazalgette, Chairman of ITV and Arts Council England, Roman Krznaric, author of Empathy: A Handbook for Revolution and Clare Patey, artist and creator for LIFT of The Empathy Museum to reconnect with the lost art of empathy, a crucial antidote to the many ills which plague today’s increasingly individualistic world.

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COMPETITION: Win 1x pair of tickets to attend Lift: The Empathy Crisis at Shoreditch House at 7pm, Wednesday 25th May. To enter the competition, send an email to competitions@liftfestival.com with the correct answer in the ‘subject’ line. The winner will be randomly selected by mid day on Wednesday 25th May.

Q: In 2013, which US president claimed the ‘empathy deficit’ was a more pressing problem for America than the country’s federal deficit?

A: .1) George Bush Senior .2) Ronald Reagan .3) Richard Nixon .4) Barack Obama ……………………………………………………………………………………….