The bigger picture

Student publications continued to pop up throughout the 1970s and those that already existed remained steadfast.

Existing pre-internet, it is difficult to trace the exact history of each, but here are parts of what is known.

Ar Daf was a Welsh-language student publication that included essays, poems, prose, and reviews. It was founded in 1963 as a joint venture between UCC and UWIST and may have ended as a result of the subsequent merger. The publication ceased in 1983.

The Link also popped up as a competitor to Gair Rhydd and Impact in the 1970s and belonged to Cardiff Technical College.

Furthermore, The Wail, a RAG mag, was another publication that just missed out on the media boom of the 1970s. It was a yearly publication for RAG week (meaning Raise and Give). Every year, rag mags were created and sold to stu -