Sorry it's taken me so long to reply. (I'm also trying to write a thesis and that's taking most of my time!)

I had a look at those layouts shortly after you posted this and tried to copy what they had done but with limited success. I've just tried again and still no joy.

I can get the icon positioned in the right place but the text won't wrap around it, OR I can get the text to wrap around it but then the positioning goes screwy if I have a long subject that takes up two lines. But I can't get it to do both. I guess ugly but accessible is the way forwards here.