Jeff Bridges has had a rough two years. First came cancer, then came Covid. But having survived both, the scruffy-sweet Hollywood legend is back on our screens, and relishing every moment. “Dealing with your mortality, it makes things more precious,” he tells @tom_lamont_journalist in this week’s cover interview. “It’s all a gift.” Also in this issue: Grace Jones on her life and career (including the time she shocked Roger Moore in bed); the scientists using AI to speak to whales; and a reader asks Philippa Perry: ‘I love my wife, but I think I’m about to start an affair.’ Out this Sunday with the Observer. Cover photography by @jefflipsky