British composer, musician, and actor Benjamin Clementine is someone for whom being a gentleman is a badge of honour: “it’s about being honest, and being true to yourself. When I was younger, different ideas were printed into my subconscious, that being a man meant being of good social position. Now, I hope that there are gentlemen out there who are not quick to judge, who are more consistently patient, who are forgiving.”
He’s keen to add that principles and patience are also vital to his definition of what it means to describe someone as a gentleman, that “you have principles as a man and you live by it. Again, we go back to being true to yourself, to being authentic.”
