David Hockney: Mother's Ruin

The late Henry Geldzahler, a friend, once said to his mother: “Goodness me, you must be very proud of your son,” to which she replied, “Oh yes. To be mayor of Bradford!” Paul, Hockney’s eldest brother, was appointed to that position in 1977.

From a piece about David Hockney: The Biography, Volume 2, Pilgrim's Progress, in The Times.