Complex sentence: Born in Walthamstow, London, to Catholic parents who were conservative Daily Mail reading Tories, Newell was open to other forms of Christianity and read "Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger" by Ron Sider and "The New Radical" by Jim Wallis.
Split into simpler sentences: Born in Walthamstow, London, into a conservative Catholic family where the Daily Mail was the newspaper of choice, Newell was open to other forms of Christianity. He read "Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger" by Ron Sider and "The New Radical" by Jim Wallis.