The Founder
Why I Created Hexagon Society
I. The Shock of Brexit
When Brexit happened, London changed overnight. European communities felt unmoored, the city's cosmopolitan identity suddenly contested. I watched as cultural ties — the invisible threads connecting London to Paris, to Berlin, to Rome — began to fray. I knew something had to be done.
II. The Idea of the Invisible Bridge
Culture is a shared language that speaks above politics. A poem, a film, a dinner table conversation — these are the spaces where the walls come down. I created Hexagon Society to build and sustain those spaces: an invisible bridge between the intellectual life of Paris and London.
III. London as a Laboratory
London has always been the great laboratory of European modernity — a city where art, philosophy, business and politics converge. I wanted to harness that energy: to create a space where a novelist could debate with a diplomat, a musician with a politician, an artist with an economist.
IV. Commitment
Hexagon Society has always been driven by more than cultural curiosity. We stand firmly for freedom of expression, against antisemitism, and for the defence of liberal democratic values. This is not incidental to our work — it is the heart of it.
V. From Culture to Action
Over the years, our work has extended beyond events: the creation of United Artists for Europe, philanthropic campaigns for Ukraine and Iran, the Fabien Azoulay campaign, partnerships with the House of Lords, and an ever-expanding network of artists, writers, thinkers and diplomats who believe — as we do — that ideas still matter.
Profile
Dr Sophie Wiesenfeld
- Doctor in European Law
- École du Barreau de Paris
- Lobbyist
- Producer of cultural and socially engaged events
- Founder — Hexagon Society (2016)
- Founder — United Artists for Europe (2019)
- European engagement: Iran, Kurds, Ukraine
- Human rights mobilisation: Fabien Azoulay (Turkey) & Tom Félix (Malaysia) campaigns
- Advocacy for protected freedom of expression in universities, notably with the LSE
