Jonah, on denoting whispers, don’t parentheses do the job? Consider

the following two sentences: “The BBC is openly Marxist – just look

at <a href=”http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/4275818.stm”this!”

and “The BBC is openly Marxist (just look at <a

href=”http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/4275818.stm”>this).”

The second one, to my eye, has a distinct hint of the sotto voce about it. Sure, it’s a crude tool, but it has the right

effect.

P.S. Sit-ins at the Oxford University Press used to be quite common,

I believe, back when Christopher Hitchens was a student firebrand