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Cover illustration x the May Cog Night 🖤 - the Cog Design team travelled to Finsbury Park, to the wonderful Park Theatre, to see A Song of Songs, written, directed and starring Ofra Daniel. Michael gives us his thoughts - "This er0t1c biblical text is controversial for many reasons. Not least because it is focused on unmarried lovers, without a moral or religious lesson. Many scholars argue it shouldn’t be in the biblical cannon at all, but it is because it was allegedly written by Solomon.The musicians really were very good. Their sound fused Spanish/Moorish influences (provided by Ramon Ruiz, of the Gypsy Kings, who oozed laid-back professionalism on flamenco guitar) with Jewish traditions (provided by clarinetist Daniel Gouly and klezmer violinist Amy Morwenna Price who really ‘performed’ amongst the action). And a shout-out to Mark McQuillan who was standing in on double bass and did a great job"