The Juliet Club: 'There was just something really lovely about the idea of reading people's love stories'

A version of the Juliet Club was set up as a cultural organisation in 1972, when Tamassia's father Giulio Tamassia gathered friends to ‘organise events, concerts, exhibitions in the city of Verona’ The letters come from India, Brazil, the United States, Ireland, Australia and many other countries across the globe. Addressed to Juliet, the fictional protagonist of William Shakespeare's 16th-century play, they have made their way to this small office in Verona, Italy, where a team of volunteers from the Philippines, UK, Poland and Italy are gathered around a table. Giovanna Tamassia, who carries a wallet bearing the slogan "love…