Like most people in Britain, I am enjoying the Olympics big-time.

Swelling with national pride at the unbelievable performances of the athletes, the great venues, the brilliant organisation and the superb crowds, it has been a totally positive experience for me.

I suspect that it has done wonders for national morale generally.

Last week, the Worcester news published some reactions from people to the Olympics.

One from a woman criticised the home staging of the Olympics and argued the money should have spent on hospitals.

I could not disagree with her more. It is an argument often used by those who oppose public funding of the arts as well.

Surely, it is a question of balance. Of course hospitals are vitally important and we should spend money on them.

So should we be building schools and universities, clearing away rubbish, mending potholes in the road, having strong law enforcement, feeding the third world, and much, much more. 

But is that it? Is that what life is about? Surely not. 

There is more to the human condition, the human need, than just building hospitals and filling in potholes.

Humans need to be inspired, they need to be moved, they need something more than just the normal things of life.

Great music, life-changing theatre and events like the Olympics can do that.

Making sure that the streets are clean is necessary and laudable but not enough.

So come, all you kill-joys, enjoy every moment of the Olympics, breath in the atmosphere, get-off on the adrenalin and most of all, enjoy!