▁ ▁Biography ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁Med ley ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁London , ▁one ▁of ▁six ▁children ▁to ▁Charles ▁Med ley , ▁a ▁highly ▁successful ▁copy right ▁lawyer ▁who ▁was ▁friends ▁with ▁many ▁writers ▁of ▁the ▁day . ▁He ▁was ▁educated ▁at ▁G res ham ' s ▁School ▁in ▁Hol t , ▁Nor folk ▁from ▁ 1 9 1 9 ▁to ▁ 1 9 2 3 , ▁before ▁briefly ▁att ending ▁the ▁By am ▁Shaw ▁School ▁of ▁Art . ▁During ▁ 1 9 2 4 ▁Med ley ▁studied ▁art ▁at ▁the ▁Royal ▁Academy ▁School s ▁ ▁but ▁soon ▁switched ▁to ▁the ▁S lade ▁School ▁of ▁Fine ▁Art ▁and ▁then ▁completed ▁his ▁art ▁training ▁by ▁sp ending ▁two ▁years , ▁from ▁ 1 9 2 6 ▁to ▁ 1 9 2 8 , ▁in ▁Paris . ▁ ▁At ▁G res ham ' s ▁School ▁Med ley ▁was ▁the ▁friend ▁of ▁W . ▁H . ▁Aud en , ▁and ▁first ▁suggested ▁that ▁Aud en ▁might ▁write ▁poetry , ▁although ▁Med ley ▁did ▁not ▁know ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁this ▁effect . ▁As ▁described ▁in ▁his ▁mem oir , ▁Dra wn ▁from ▁the ▁Life , ▁in ▁his ▁early ▁years ▁Med ley ▁believed ▁he ▁was ▁heter osex ual ▁and ▁therefore ▁did ▁not ▁understand ▁Aud en ' s ▁er otic ▁intent ions ▁toward ▁him ▁until ▁they ▁spent ▁a ▁single ▁week end ▁together ▁after ▁both ▁had ▁left ▁school . ▁Until ▁he ▁was ▁s edu ced ▁at ▁ 1 9 , ▁he ▁re called ▁later , ▁" I ▁was