August without ironing: the guide to looking impeccable

It was 7:30 on a sweltering morning in Graça. Tiago, host of a brand-new local accommodation, looked at the laundry basket like someone looking at the Primeira Liga calendar: with enthusiasm, but also with the certainty that something would trip him up. Sporting was playing against Estrela da Amadora in four days, he had a ticket for the curious derby of the first matchday, and three French guests had just checked out. Towels, sheets, pillowcases — everything to wash and, worse, to iron. There...