Complex sentence: Born in Newcastle upon Tyne he worked as a professional journalist throughout most of his life, taught journalism and tutored in creative writing in the 1970s and worked as voluntary tutor in adult literacy in Newcastle in the late 1980s.
Split into simpler sentences: Born in Newcastle upon Tyne he worked as a professional journalist throughout most of his life. He taught journalism and tutored in creative writing in the 1970s and worked as voluntary tutor in adult literacy in Newcastle in the late 1980s.