More than nine years ago, I left The Reporter and moved to what we journalists always jokingly referred to as "the dark side," entering the marketing and communications field with NorthBay Health.

The sculpture of St Barr was erected in the Northbay area of Barra in the Western Isles in the 1970s. It was created by local artist Margaret Somerville, who died in 2018, and over the years its ...