The Lion, witch and The Waterboys: Mike Scott on his band's next album

As his band release a new album, Mike Scott reveals a passion for CS Lewis books that helped him bond with Bono, writes Richard Purden.

Just a few doors down from where James Joyce rented a room on Shelbourne Road in Dublin, it feels appropriate to meet the man once described by Rolling Stone as a “poet laureate of rock n’ roll”, The Waterboys front-man, founder and chief Mike Scott.