Tim Brinkhof

Tim Brinkhof

Tim Brinkhof

Tim Brinkhof is a Dutch-born, New York-based journalist reporting on art, history, and literature. He studied early Netherlandish painting and Slavic literature at New York University, worked as an editorial assistant for Film Comment magazine, and has written for Esquire, Film & History, History Today, and History News Network. 

a group of men riding on the backs of horses.
Mongol forces never fully conquered the continent, but they played a key role in its historical development.
a pile of uncooked macaroni shells on a white surface.
His plan to replace it with homegrown rice did not go well.
a dollar bill origami boat floating in the ocean.
FIRE is a lifestyle that promotes extensive saving in order to retire early, despite the fact that early retirement is far from practical.
Million Stories
a drawing of a man wearing a helmet with a map in the background.
When Mongol traders came knocking, Sultan Muhammad II shaved off their beards. Three years later, his whole empire was annihilated.
a woman's mouth with letters in the background.
In order to figure out how English might evolve in the future, we have to look at how it has changed in the near and distant past.
a stack of books sitting on top of each other.
Some classic books, like Mark Twain’s "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," remain controversial to this day.
david lynch style illustration
“Like real dreams, it does not explain, does not complete its sequences," film critic Roger Ebert once wrote about "Mulholland Drive."