He’s just returned from a sell-out tour of America but Benjamin Clementine is still a maverick at heart.

for these songs, but someone seeking a more quotidian insight into Clementine’s mind should study his Twitter feed, where he sometimes shares short poems. In June, he wrote one about Brexit: “To vote or not to vote/To care or not to care/To fear or not to fear/All to kiss a mocking fool” (hashtagged # Wr i t e A Po e m AboutBrexit). Is he political?

“I would desc ribe myself as outspoken,” he says, carefully. “Not