The musician claims use of the song ‘Rockin’ in the Free World’ at Trump rallies is reputationally damaging, and breaches the settlement of an earlier lawsuit

It’s only shown briefly during Netflix’s new, three-part documentary series about the late sitcom superstar, but Perry’s live TV encounter with the author and commentator Peter Hitchens best exemplified his intelligence, his humour and his deep compassion for addicts like him, writes Adam White