The uncomfortable reality of non-iron shirts

sir – Warmer weather requires freshly ironed, crisp, clean, breathable cotton shirts.

My Jermyn Street shirtmaker has gone “non-iron”. Its cotton shirts now have a formaldehyde finish, which turns them into sweaty horrors. What can be done?

William Burrows

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

Fluttering and dancing: shirts left out to dry in Ystradfellte, south Wales