Complex sentence: Throughout the 1980s Maxwell wrote extensively for left-wing publications like Radical Scotland and, following a second failed attempt to move into journalism, became involved in the Scottish voluntary sector through the Scottish Council of Voluntary Organisations (SCVO).
Split into simpler sentences: Throughout the 1980s Maxwell wrote extensively for left-wing publications including Radical Scotland. Following a second failed attempt to move into journalism, he became involved in the Scottish voluntary sector through the Scottish Council of Voluntary Organisations (SCVO).