Mike Hardy is a Royal Television Society award-nominated investigative journalist who has worked in the British television and print media industries for over 25 years.

His passion for opera is very much embedded and reflected in the ethos of OperaWire insomuch that he likes to focus on the amazing people who continue to bring this incredible art form to life for the public’s consumption.

He divides his time as a journalist with helping to run a martial arts academy in the South East UK.