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Kate Magee
Jun 11, 2015

Hegarty on... Soho, sacrifice and the secret of life

A fair bit has changed since Sir John Hegarty started out in the business, but the spiritual home of UK advertising and birthplace of BBH remains the source of his creative inspiration

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