Complex sentence: His second son, John, a journalist who writes for "The Independent", has described his father as a "hard man" who liked to read "James Bond" novels, and watch western and gangster films.
Split into simpler sentences: His second son, John, is a journalist who writes for "The Independent". John Lyttle described his father as a "hard man" who liked to read "James Bond" novels, and watch western and gangster films.