In the vast factory complex, the only sign of life is the hum of a petrol generator as crews work on the abandoned interior - the empty spaces of the fenced-off car park testament to the thousands who would at one time have worked there.

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Whether we are home with kids, have become empty nesters or never took the relationship leap, making time for every element of life we hold dear often means working evenings and sacred weekends as we text, email, Skype and kiss foreheads goodnight.

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Mowbray has spoken of his "affinity" with the club's fans who sent him "thousands upon thousands" of letters of support at a time he said his life was "decimated and empty".

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In an empty theatre, a curtain rises on an unusual kind of show: archival footage of life in the streets of Liverpool, where the director, Terence Davies (who was born in 1945), grew up, and which he both celebrates and mourns in this personal, essaylike documentary of urban reminiscences.

NEWYORKER: Of Time and the City

Airline seats are a perishable commodity an empty seat becomes a worthless asset once the plane takes off and this fact of aviation life has sometimes led to ruinous price-cutting.

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The situation has compelled growing numbers to demonstrate against what they see as the gross unfairness of everyday life in Spain in 2013, where struggling citizens are evicted, even as hundreds of homes lie empty.

CNN: Protesters, police clash in Spain